She is right on both accounts. There's more to "emotional comfort" than Jean would like to elaborate, and he has always had someone watching his back. Nobody has ever succeeded at pickpocketing him.

He lets her sit him wherever she pleases, docile like a lamb, though he is more than a little embarrassed in front of the cool and competent young lady.

"My apologies. For causing you trouble."

This would be a great moment to light a cigarette and unwind, except that he doesn't have any. Sucks being Jean.