You are trying, bless you. [ a little, bitter chuckle escapes him; he almost wants to tell her how he would react to this sort of thing— wrathfully— but that is, of course, a terrible idea. ]
Do not jump to conclusions. Ease his mind away from the substance; do not drive him to it. Do not prompt conversations about it from thin air— it is jarring, cruel.
[ he is honestly having a rather difficult time trying to provide such information— he has never had any of this, has never known an opportunity to handle it. ]