[Augh, wow, okay. He has maybe forty-five seconds before she decides to punch him sideways. Goddamn.

Nariko is almost relieved when he gets serious, though there's a fair bit of apprehension that comes along with that.]

... For the record I do get off on fire. Just to be honest.

[(And he does have a nice ass.) Except that's not the point and she knows that. It's just that this is the part where she answers and like he said, Nariko isn't all that smooth when put on the spot about something personal like this.]

But - I think there are more important things than that. Even knowing things can go south at any moment is pretty fucking terrifying. [But that's life in general. It just so happens that, unsurprisingly, his life is very different from some others.] Some things in life are worth all the ugly shit and more. If it means giving it a fair shot and being with them.

At least that's what I think.