[And they relax just as easily, right back into the cuddle.]

Good! I'd be terribly cross if anyone had. Asking questions is never something to be shamed for.

But either way, I'm glad. If that's the case, just keep going forward with how you've already been spending time with him. That's the best way to remind him that he doesn't have to face this alone, he has an entire community, ready to lift him up.