[Why does that make him redden anew, almost more than before? Perhaps it is the sincerity of the admission, even though one would assume that there's some mote of fondness between a future them if they are married.
But to hear it spoken after a moment of contemplation is... different, somehow.]
It might be... silly for me to return the sentiment, knowing you only for hours when you have the advantage of far more, but— [Well, with all that they're doing, and as strangely magnetized as he has been around her...] -I think I'm safe in declaring that I, too, am fond of you.
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[Why does that make him redden anew, almost more than before? Perhaps it is the sincerity of the admission, even though one would assume that there's some mote of fondness between a future them if they are married.
But to hear it spoken after a moment of contemplation is... different, somehow.]
It might be... silly for me to return the sentiment, knowing you only for hours when you have the advantage of far more, but— [Well, with all that they're doing, and as strangely magnetized as he has been around her...] -I think I'm safe in declaring that I, too, am fond of you.