Andy kept rubbing at Taj's head and listened carefully to what Taj told him, relieved that Dally was looking after Casper, that all seemed to be okay. He didn't why the vision had been so bad this time, what had made Taj seize up like that, but he knew Taj would tell him in due course if it needed to be said, not that Andy wouldn't keep a closer eye on those things from now on; who knew what was happening with them? It's not like Taj had other sphinx to compare himself to.
It was easy, after seeing Taj in the throes of a vision, seeing him in pain, for Andy to let the tears he would have usually held back come forth, enough that he could wipe them from his face and against Taj's head, hoping they'd maybe have some effect.
These tears weren't for him though, not for the terrible thing Taj had just told him, the thing that he was trying to repress as fast as he could.