You couldn't have known, Dorothy, there's no need for an apology. Still, that's... not quite what I mean, either.

[He has to take a second to sort how he wants to talk about it, because it's really a topic that's felt kind of strange to approach in the last couple weeks.]

To have an attractive appearance or personality to society is one matter. To feel love for the ones we know well or protect is another. But to love one other singularly, strongly... it is not something I think we can experience. Not... how it has been explained to me, at least. [He sounds hesitant about it, as though he's legitimately not sure and that thinking about it too hard is actually a little upsetting.]

It is not something we look for, at least. But that to say... it is okay, if it does not happen. It is not where my value lies.