Luckily the faux-defenciveness does come across as faux-defenciveness, meaning Zafika doesn't have to be concerned about stepping over a line somewhere in here again, they really don't want that to happen and further turn this to a disaster.

Now, Garrot helping them deal with being jumpy and reacting poorly to being startled as a part of his job? That's fine, better than him trying to do it out of feeling bad for having gotten mad at them. "Well, being jumpy doesn't excuse attacking an ally, so... I definitely need to work on that reflex." And then there's that word. 'Friends'. They could have killed him if they hadn't gone for petrifying instead of stabbing, and Garrot's still calling them his friend? Zafika really can't follow at all what he's thinking. "But, I really appreciate the help. Thank you. I'll uh... keep these glasses on for that bit though to avoid accidents... and you might want to grab some protective gear first few times at least..."