He trusts the people in the compound more than he'd like to admit, even if he was still afraid of the day they discover his, Reiner, and Annie's secret. They were good people. Smart people.

"I used to get sticks stuck in my hair all the time when I was younger, so I know how it is."

Before the military, that is. He looks both ways down the hall, then he slips into Connie's room and carefully takes a seat behind him to start running his fingers through his hair. Hello, tiny leaf! "...We were worried sick about you, you know."