[ He can feel warmth flooding the back of his neck, tingling at the tips of his ears, but he does his best to ignore it. It isn't as though he's hidden his regard for her in any way, and he's certain Heartman would want him to speak from... well, from his heart. ]

I told him you're a wonderful woman. That you're brilliant and kind and lovely... that when I'm with you, I'm very happy.

[ It doesn't feel like enough; it feels dangerously like too much. He clears his throat, a little self-conscious, but chuckles a little at the memory. ]

He was... enthusiastically supportive.