Once they're inside -- once they're safe, because it feels as if nothing can hurt either one of them here -- he allows himself to relax fractionally. Their room is the same. The world hasn't shifted monumentally under his feet and left everything askew.

He makes himself look at Claudius' face at last, which takes an effort, even with all the soft things Claudius has said to him on the way here -- he's still afraid to find out things have changed.