His eyes squint, trying to make sense of what she's saying versus what relatively little he understands of the world. Actually makes a point of thinking for half a second or more before speaking. "So someone wanted you to be an assassin, but it backfired and now you're kind of...weird? And like...your brain's connected to the Fade?"

And something something makes her semi-telepathic or whatever. "And when you brain-read someone's head, their pain is painful to you, so you want to help so it'll shut up. Is that...kind of right?"