He doesn't pull away, though honestly right now it's more like he can't, not with whatever effect this place, this event is having on him. Still he doesn't quite keep the eye contact now, as he closes himself in again, almost as if putting an end to that conversation, or at least steering it in an entirely different direction.

"It's alright." He shakes his head, his tone definite. "Let's just... finish the sandwiches."