Anything on the surface of your mind is easy to skim off. Which answers your first question-- use that calm to meditate and organize your mind, to keep the secrets hidden.

[Because everyone has secrets, even this untested boy. Otherwise he wouldn't be nearly so anxious. Mara is tempted to reach in his mind and look, try to figure out what is causing such upset, but, well. He's a boy. It's probably over what sort of erotic holonovels he prefers. Mara would really prefer not to know.]