[ For a creature that naturally runs quite cold when it comes to emotion, the way Howl's flood into him is something he finds viscerally unpleasant, and it's a feeling that's likely mirrored back to Howl. It's akin to suddenly placing your hand on a hot stove, where the sharp intensity of the feelings strike Sebastian more than anything else, though it's just as quickly followed by trying to stifle the reaction. In part, it's an awareness that Howl is likely to get the feedback as well in a loop, but it's just as much trying to return his own emotions to the placid calm that he normally runs at. ]

So I— [ See, as the idiom would go, but he sighs before using the term that's more correct. ] ...Feel.

[ Normally, this would be something he would be deeply irritated by. He plays his cards incredibly close to his chest, especially when it comes to his true thoughts, so the way another Celebrant is able to bypass that in part is objectively something he dislikes. But that bond they share also tempers his reaction enough. The sigh isn't audible this time, one more felt than anything else. ]

My apologies as well. It is our particular connection, is it not? It is quite... a bit more intense than others.