"It'd depend on who you asked, I think," he jokes with a grin.

She's far from the first person with obvious scarring or very visible injuries he's talked to. Most of the time it'd felt like they were waiting, for him to stare or pointedly not stare, to ask or try to politely dance around asking. The longer he just talked to them like everyone else, usually the more relaxed they got.

Of course, there were always some who got pissed at him, like he was purposefully ignoring it or saying what'd happened didn't matter, but he'd learned to try to handle those as they came. So far, it doesn't seem like Venus was going to be one of them.

He nods as she explains, taking another drink of his coffee. "Makes sense. Some people never figure out how to let others in, they think they've got to do all their untwisting on their own, so hey. Sounds like you're ahead of things to me." Then he gives another grin. "I've got to ask, though, original Grinch or that god awful remake? Cause I'm not normally the type to judge, but I might have to make an exception there."