[ nods along as iwatooshi speaks. that is a lot of information to have thrown at you all at once, especially when it's all within the bounds of a foreign topic. a potentially of-zero-interest topic. he would also have questions in iwatooshi's position. ]

I don't want to stop us from being friends. That never crossed my mind.

[ this is a great conversation to have after drinking ]

But I'm not pure like you are. I like you. I like being around you--a lot.

[ when you're the young vessel but you're suddenly worried you've been preying on the ancient blade ]

Maybe it was wrong of me to even ask to kiss. I thought we could just start with seeing if you even liked it. If things like that did anything for you.