I know you are, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm always going to be protective of you. [And again, he can say something like that without an ounce of hesitation.] You're welcome to think it's stupid or irritating, but matters of the heart are serious. I can't allow someone to break yours.

[And that's all there is to that.]

Well, either way. I'm not qualified to judge that statement, and you know it. [About her making a good girlfriend, that is. He's biased, and also that would be Weird™.]

But yeah. There's a lot of things we can look forward to now, yeah? I'm sure there's way more for us to go out and explore here than there was ever going to be back home.