So you think I'm worthy, huh? [The thought makes him smile - Kesara might be all tough and clever and often have better ideas than him, but there's so much of her that's still a kid, too. And she likes him, for some reason, think him better than he really is. It's...heartwarming, in a way.

And then, it's just awkward. Zach scratches his throat, trying his best not to laugh and not doing the best job at it.]

The world we live in, Kes - Steph and I, I mean, it's very different from yours. It's a lot less...there are less rules, about this. We're both adults - [consenting adults, but Zach isn't sure he wants to get into that -] and we're - I mean. Basically, we don't really have all of these thoughts on virtue and good standing and all this stuff. And - and the two of us being together, it doesn't take anything from Steph. It doesn't make her...I don't know what you'd call it, really, but it doesn't.

[Why is this his life, why, why.]