He tenses just a smidge when she touches him, but his smile doesn't fade as he shrugs in reply. "The war brought with it many terrible things, but it also brought peace to the entire Earth Sphere," and as much as he had suffered, it was worth it. Worth it enough that he'd given his life for that peace... maybe.

He laughs warmly when she tells him to just be himself, giving his head a little shake. "I will do my best," he promises, but then. Then.

He shakes his head a little. "I don't," he replied softly. "But I am not surprised. He is..." He sighed, like a lovesick teenager.

Mostly because he is a lovesick teenager.