[Kon trusts what she says. Obviously showing emotion here would be Bad, probably for magical reasons, and this ugly mother is clearly not to be trusted.]

[But he knows he absolutely sucks at not being reactive to things. Heart on his sleeve and all. So he just straight up covers his face with both hands.]

[Haha, suck on that, spirit!]

As you know I'm terrible at this kind of thing? Not showing emotion, I mean. So yell if I need to make with the fighting, 'Nita.

[He has to trust her to warn him in time if he or she are about to be attacked - and also to judge the situation and not jump the gun so that he uncovers his face and reacts at the wrong time.]