Seth pauses in his signed rambling when he feel Gyre covering his hands, blinking and looking at Gyre signing back to him, before responding, though signing more slowly this time.

"I care. It's scary, it feels like everyone is judging me, laughing at me inside their heads, like they hate me just based on what they see and hear rather than what's actually true. I hate it. What they look like when they speak to me almost never matched what they say...I don't want to get hurt again..."

He's definitely feeling shy, but is willing to open up to Gyre a bit. He had helped him after all.