No, I -- [Huffing again, hopelessly, he shakes his head.] --I'm fine.

[He frowns, his mouth opening, closing, then opening again.]

While most of me is overwhelmed and half-convinced I'm still asleep in my bed and you're just a figment of my imagination, I admit that the rest would not object to getting to know you a little better. Whatever that may entail. [He shifts unconsciously.] So... I guess that's more like a 'yes with an if and no with a but'?

[He chuckles off his own attempt at levity, his smile falling away. It's a while before he continues.]

...This isn't easy for me. [He chews the inside of his cheek.] And yet, this is everything I ever wanted; you have done everything right.