I would never think of such a thing about you. It is not that I think you to be shallow but I think that you are someone deserving to live such a whirlwind romance. [He laughs a little in response. His tone is no less teasing.] Oh? I think there are many people here that are desirable enough. I did not realize you were so hard to get, yet would lay with me.

[We do a little self deprecation. It's for fun though. For fun. A joke.]

Hah... [Ever so serious. He usually is good with rolling with the punches, but it does off kilter him a bit. He rubs the back of his bandaged neck sheepishly.] No need to get so deep like that. It's nothing so serious. This place. [He says that, but Clorinde had not seen the mental state he had been during March. And he's glad for it.

He's not flustered, you're flustered.]