"I... Yeah. Bad enough to say things like that to a girl in the first place." He shakes his head at the obviously appalling idea. "But it'd be even worse like this. I don't want her to feel pressure, you know?"

He'd want to destroy anyone who treated her that way, including himself. The corner of his mouth tugs to the side, turning from a frown to a grimace. "She's already too good to people."

Not that Ennis is all that innocent in affairs beyond the emotional and romantic, but she has a way of being so accommodating and polite that makes Firo concerned about her.