Oh, he feels that sharp, choking flash of fear from Shen Jiye, and only a fraction of a second later absorbs both its reason and the fear itself. And as his did reaches out for Taylor mei he joins him, the span of only fractions of a second enough to tell himself, over and over and, that he would have felt her loss, known if she were gone, even as the fear that this time he might not almost chokes him.

And then she's there, her mind blooming open like a flower turned to the sun, bright and warm and alive, and full of hope and joy that he can't help but echo back to her at her news. He has nothing to offer but love and pride and happiness for her second graduation, and the touch of his mind against them both is in every way but the physical a strong, warm embrace. He doesn't have to tell either of them how unreservedly happy he is for her, and so he just lets them feel it.