Yeah, Tim had pretty much expected that first response. Jason wasn't likely to have empathy with violent criminals that hurt innocent people. He wished that he didn't understand the temptation to look away. Bright, shiny, young Tim would have been appalled at the idea. But he's been through a lot and sometimes he honestly just... gets it. That's his little secret.

His eyes widened behind the white eyes of his mask when Jason showed the slightest bit of empathy relating to his relationships with the rest of the family. It perhaps wasn't said in the nicest way, but the meaning was still clear. And it meant a lot to him, to feel like he wasn't alone in the situation. Obviously, even without the dying bit Jason had it worse. In a better world, this could have been Tim reaching out a hand to try to bring him back into the folds of the family. But this was not that world.

His focus was on the case, and he went through every detail that he had. Spared nothing, because there was no sense in trying to hide facts while trying to get Jason on his side with this. He was even honest about the crimes the shitty criminals had committed. As he spoke, there was a clear awe in his voice when he talked about the wolf. The fact that it had (seemingly reluctantly) saved him from getting his throat torn out by the bad guy. It was pretty obvious he didn't want to kill the thing, just find a way to get it to stop killing others.