If only talking about feelings was easier! He could tell her that the vast majority of his discomfort had more to do with the baggage he came in with than her foray into vampirism. (Except that would never have happened since it would've involved admitting that said baggage existed. Newly-arrived, fresh-from-almost-being-executed Gaeta was far more eager to confide in someone than as-settled-in-MarinaNova-as-can-be-expected Gaeta.)
"I almost prefer the wardens' tricks to fairly normal," he sighed, not entirely convinced that he means it. "Do you ever get tired of having nothing to do when things are fairly normal?"