He wasn't going to hold the way she stepped away against her. In fact, it didn't bother him in the least because it's the exact same thing he would have done in her situation. Even programmed the way he was, modeled after the person he was with the sort of compassion that the real Shiro did have despite everything he'd been put through, there was still a caution there. A need to be guarded in the face of the unknown. She was an unknown to him just as he was to her.

"I would appreciate it," he said sincerely, nodding to her as he allowed his expression to become just a bit more open. A bit more sincere. "Whatever help I can get I'll gladly take. And any answers I can give, I'll gladly give them."

Key words being those that he can give.