It is a weird request, but he's not the first man she's ever met that she could imagine reacting violently to a touch, even a gentle one. It's habit, for guys like him. And it's due process to explain what procedures they're doing on patients at the hospital, so.

She nods, and reaches out, putting a hand on the back of his neck, not moving for a moment, before pressing index and thumb into the spots on either sides of his skull, just a slight pressure, nothing uncomfortable. She drags her fingers down along the back of his neck, feeling the stiffness right under the skin.

"Okay?"