[If it's her eyes that he's staring at, he might find himself briefly deprived of them because of that remark. She's turned her gaze down and away, bashfully.]
You don't have to flatter me, you know...
[Even though she has plenty of reasons to believe it's not mere flattery, there's a part of her that's come to expect that these compliments always have some sort of ulterior motive. And that part is going to need to get used to the idea that maybe it's something more simple and pure.]
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You don't have to flatter me, you know...
[Even though she has plenty of reasons to believe it's not mere flattery, there's a part of her that's come to expect that these compliments always have some sort of ulterior motive. And that part is going to need to get used to the idea that maybe it's something more simple and pure.]