I'll put you in a bubble of Cosmos then so it doesn't hurt you.

[Like he tried to do when that plant illness was spreading around. Nevermind how that ended for him, he will do it again if given the chance.]

I wouldn't think of talking you out of it. Just of running away without you while you're distracted with something else. But right now none of that is something to consider.

[At least he's honest in that he would just try to sneak away without her, because he knows that if they talk about it she just won't give up.

He allows her time to cry, as much as he hates it, when it's for something like this he can understand and allow it. It would be much different if she cried because of him, that's what he hates the most. The idea of causing her so much pain that she would cry.]

... We should? Things have really changed, haven't they? I would have never expected you to be impatient about undressing and showing even me your naked body.

[He's just teasing. And he doesn't really feel any urgency in seeing her scars, he's sure they are as beautiful as the ones he can already see.]

Or is your heat coming up again?

[It wasn't that long ago since she had one with him but... If it has been longer for her maybe the cycles are messed up or something.]