[ That response takes him aback slightly. Not in a bad way, but it's funny as he continues to watch her with an amused smile on his face. It felt like it'd been forever since he'd seen Xion so... happy and energetic. It reminded him of how their lives had been before things got so complicated. A reminder of those days... those days that no matter where he went, he would fight to have again, but on better terms.

In either case, he responds with a shake of his head. ]

Nope. It's just something I read in a fairy tale. Usually, it's a princess that kisses a frog to get a prince. But I figured I could be a knight that kisses a doll to get a princess.

[ His body language says that he realizes at the last moment that there's some of his statement that could be taken the wrong way... something he's worried about her picking up on. But more of what he did want her to pick up on was the whole notion of her being a princess... at least to him.

Why were words and phrasing so complicated? ]