[But explaining it all makes him feel a little better about his behavior. By all means, he feels he should have been able to control himself better! You know, unless the truth is that he didn't want to control himself... which to a certain extent, isn't entirely untrue.]

[He nods before continuing.]

Well... it just so happened that Christmas Eve was the same day the Malnosso decided to fill Luceti with mistletoe. I don't know if you happened to run into any, but... if you walked under one with someone, you couldn't move until you kissed them.

[His face is just going to start getting redder the closer he gets to his point.]

...and the person I was with, I... I don't think I was entirely an unwilling participant.


[That is more of an understatement than she'll ever know.]