"Well..." He's not entirely sure how he should put it. "We have a lot of shared experiences, to start with. His skill at reading people isn't exactly a condition, but that might also be the upper-class tendency to throw a very fancy rug over anything they don't like. And it's not like I really fared all that much better."

Will sighs and shakes his head. "I know where a lot of his reactions come from- not just because I- I see them or feel them, but I've lived them before. I've learned to keep them quiet. To myself. Malcolm's so immediate with his reactions, he's almost like a more honest version of me. Just needs to know how to interpret his own mind, so he doesn't get over-defensive. Know that he's right about what he sees, before he speaks."

He looks over to Shaw to try and see if he's making sense to her. "It would help if he understood that your personalities don't compliment each other like he thinks they do, too. But that might be a different issue."