"Well, I mean I get that werewolves are all about the touch. It can be calming and it's kind of one of those things you have in common with natural wolves." Yes, he really did study not only the mythology but real wolves and grilled Scott and the others with questions. But he'd also had the two weeks empathically tied in to Liam and the two weeks he spent as Malia for reference.
"I don't mind if we're friends and we're holding hands because it helps with the calm thing. I just kind of want us to be friends before trying anything else out."