[To be honest, her touch is comforting. Enough for him to raise his head up a little bit, but he's still avoiding eye contact.

What does he want? Does he really enjoy sleeping around as much as he does? In a physical sense, yes, but mentally...]

I just want to take the precautions so that no one ends up getting hurt.

[His tentacles not only have (literal) minds of their own, but he can kill a man with a single one without much effort. He has to use all of his self control so that he doesn't hurt anyone, and without his self-control, they'll take what they want when they want it, but he still has to take responsibility.

Getting "hurt" is only a blanket statement, too. He really does not need to be groping people when he's out picking up groceries.]

...but what you want is important to me, too.