Seeing Tonic's attention go to his side reminded Nick why he was there in the first place. Grabbing at the edge of his shirt, Nick starts to lift it to show where there's still some residual bruising - with his two toned skin it paints a rainbow on his side at the bottom of his ribcage.

He freezes at being called out, unable to stop the glare that comes with it. Most of Nick's natural expressions involve glares.

"... People tend to just walk away if you ask them too many questions, so," he replies evasively, looking away from Tonic. It wasn't a 'no', but he's too embarrassed to say yes.