"Hah! I'd been flirting with you practically since we first met. But because of that thick head of yours," he raps on it lightly with his knuckles, "I'm pretty sure you never noticed. And given our-- ah, family history? I assumed I never stood a chance back then anyway. So..."

He shrugs. What was the point in getting emotionally invested in something that would never happen? When Lorenz spent a good deal of time spying on him and plotting his downfall, at least in those early days?

"It was only when Teach came back to us that we really became close, and so many other things were happening. So I'm surprised, because I never would have guessed that all those years, you felt that way." Maybe he has a few things to work on when it comes to reading Lorenz himself, if he never picked up the true extent of his feelings.