Bash is polite enough not to laugh. But the question's definitely a whole thing, isn't it?

"Who's to say there is a hard line like that in the first place? Like...Vrenille's given me shit about it before, how easily I fall for people. I think he thinks I'm a little naive and soft. Maybe I am."

He offers Keith another bit of sweet and sour chicken as he tries to put everything into words. "Do they make you feel warm and fluttery? Do they make you feel comfortable and safe? When you go to bed at night, do you think about how your day was better because you got some time with them? Would it kind of wreck you, if they disappeared?"