Julian prefers to show at least some level of trust, and using restraints doesn't exactly show it. If he's offering an olive branch, it can't be with something else hiding behind his back.

He'll take it in the spirit in which it was given. He wasn't exaggerating when he said he was top of his class--second out of all of them, in fact, but he'd been holding himself back--and he prides himself on being genuinely good at what he does.

"Thank you," Julian says simply, looking carefully for any slight bulge or indentation in the skin that would indicate that he'd missed a bone. Confident that he hasn't, he pulls out the osteogenic stimulator and switches it on.