[Geir's nnneutral about her action, as far as she can tell; he doesn't really relax further or bristle, just turns his head slightly to look at her in her new spot.]

I was much younger. I was smaller than you when I was born, you know! I grew a lot.

[Vern was way too far over the edge to fear death by the time he met Geir, so Geir's never actually had a prolonged conversation with someone who was scared of him before. it's strange to him that he has so many mixed feelings about how Shirayuki is trying to deal with that, or that he's taking so long to decide which ones to stick with.]