Well... Let's just dial it down a notch for now, shall we? [No more kissing, in other words, so Lorenz can actually collect his thoughts. Claude rests a hand on his forearm and offers him an easy smile.]

It's definitely real. I may have acted a little-- impulsively, but it felt like the right thing to do.

[And if that was wrong, he's in no doubt Lorenz will tell him sooner rather than later, just as he's ever quick to point out Claude's various other flaws and misdemeanours.]