The curse of not wanting to bother people with your personal issues and expose all your weaknesses is that then you cannot bond over your traumas and go about thinking that you are the only person with this stupid problem. It is a common affliction and Popp has a bad case of it.

"We have regular dragons, but they're just extra strong monsters these days, they don't talk... Except for the Dragon Knights, who kind of are better than everyone else? Dai doesn't let it give him a big head or anything but his dad's a huge asshole. Not the worst person ever, but maybe top ten?"

In they go. Popp isn't consciously thinking about how he's holding Rosie because he's distracted by complaining about Dragon Master Baran, so instead of fussing over the door, he shifts her weight entirely over to one arm without noticing that he can do that.

"Hey, you'll call someone over, right? You should have someone taking care of you when you're sick."

He knows Rosie likes to be alone when she's feeling rotten about herself, but also, she really shouldn't be? She is poisoned!