He nods along faintly, in agreement with what Will is saying, right up to and including asking Iris about the glow, but then he suggests bringing his feelings about it all out into the open and his eyes go wide and he shakes his head in an almost panicked way.

"No. No. I don't want her to know that I can't handle it," Malcolm says firmly. "No." He's already the black sheep of the wolf pack.