"That was precisely why I wanted your attention before I attempted it. I imagine that if I'd told you exactly what was coming, it wouldn't have had quite the same effect. Or, if anything, it might have made it slightly more uncomfortable."

Jarvis spoke without looking up, intent in the task he'd given himself. He frowned slightly at the question, mostly at himself as he felt his cheeks start to burn once more. Curse this body's obvious reactions...

"Partially to gauge whether you were cold, or anxious. It is more difficult to take readings from a distance. There is also...the matter of this body reacting to stimuli that by all rights it should either not be capable of, or should be a good deal more muted due to the nature of the synthetic portion of its construction. I am still learning how to inhabit it, after all."

There. Logical, reasonable, not at all suspicious.