"Hm... if I was nervous about telling someone my feelings, and maybe if I'd been building it up as this big important 'love confession' in my head, a lukewarm response might throw me off. Not to say that you owe her feelings of love in return, of course you don't. But I'm thinking aloud about where she might be coming from..." Danny purses his lips as he thinks. "Another thing might be, like you said, that she finds the current arrangement to be enough when it comes to activities? Visiting your village, helping in the garden, eating meals and spending time alone. Something that's more of an official step like a date can be nerve-wracking."

He sighs. "I never thought I'd say this but... it's almost too bad I'm not the Phantasm anymore. We'd be able to poll more people for opinions. A thousand souls ain't a bad sample size."