James wasn't always the most touchy feely or affectionate, but the simple touch helped to ground him in the moment as he worked to process what Torunn had just told him. His parents were here. Not quite his parents, because they weren't from the same world or timeline or whatever, but they were still something, right? Maybe the closest thing to his real parents that he'd ever get to know. "They're.. what are they like?" he wanted to know.