[ Unfortunately for Sigma he's only human, and it's difficult not to react to sudden sharp noises directly in your head. He'd been focusing so hard on committing all the images coming in to memory that it catches him completely offguard, immediately wincing away and retrieving his hand.

...And realizing it's also left him a souvenir. Didn't know that could happen. But he did fuck around, so it's only natural he found out. ]

No! No, no, that's alright.

[ Despite both of them knowing full well what just happened, he still tries to keep a calm and polite face--keyword being "try", it's fooling no one now. That's a frazzled man. ]

I should be getting started on helping this one. Those wings won't just come to us, you know. [ With a nod and a strained smile, ] Thank you very much for your time, sir.