Connor's tribe weren't the most physical tactile people to begin with, but he did take it to new levels and it had almost undoubtedly started with that assault when he was a child.

"I have no doubt my mother would have, had she ever known. Had she lived. Lee and Hickey beat me unconscious, when I awoke, the village was aflame and within minutes, I was dragged from the longhouse and my mother before the roof collapsed on us."

He rubbed his arm, looking elsewhere. "Because you allow me to control the encounter. You don't try and touch me, or grab me."