It's okay!!
"Yeah...sorry." It was the only thing she could think to say at first. She let go of his hand and pulled her lips into her mouth and observing him before she spoke. "Love, that doesn't concern. It's a time line far from my own and part of something I won't ever have to see...not that I haven't been already, but...can I touch you? I mean...you didn't feel anything less than human before."
Elisabeth canted her head, gauging his reaction. He seemed so desperate to be anything but what he was, and she felt a pain of sympathy for him.