Thanks, disturbing is good! Also, I love that you're overthinking it! By the terms of his enslavement, Becker might be Ryan's slave for several years, so he needs to find some level of acceptance just to be able to deal with it. But that's a very interesting point you make about how if he goes too far he might end up broken (in several meanings of the word).

Lol, Connor being tactful is definitely a surprise! He just wanted to help, bless him.