that he should stay in his house then. She often did that months at a time... even if her boss wanted otherwise. (Or perhaps especially if_

he wanted otherwise.)

liked her logic, but he had stuff he needed to do...unfortunately.

that if he really wanted to stay at home, he would. With the internet just about anything could be done from home anyway!

this is true, but he was just too old fashioned.

wasn't very old fashioned... at all. Modern things made everything so much easier!

being traditional was easier. He knew how to do traditional things and he didn't much fancy change.

that traditional things were much harder when you were stuck in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with no one else around...

can understand that. He accepts it though.

had considered writing him a letter once... but it took forever to mail actual letters anywhere so she didn't bother.

to recieve letters. He sends a lot to Belgium.

might be a little bit jealous of that if she found out about that...

she has nothing to worry about. Belgium was his rival.

that his Belgium was probably a lot more feminine and womanly than she was... and Ann had led her to believe that this was a good thing to_

be, particularly in relationships.

would tell her that he liked her more than the girliest girl out there if she ever asked. Though if she asked the reasons, she might not_

like them so much.

does kind of wonder why he likes her... but she would never ask, because she secretly fears he would say he didn't actually like her at all_

... or he would ask why she liked him, and that would make things awkward.

would feel pretty awkward saying all the reasons. But there were reasons and that's what mattered. He wondered what she saw in him too, but_

he was probably more worried than her about what she'd say. He wasn't the most desirable man on the planet.

that he is extremely desirable! He was nice, liked animals, and was protective! What wasn't to like about that?

doesn't think other people classify him as nice. Not even himself.

he is one of the nicest people she'd ever bothered getting to know! Though she didn't get to know many people, so it may not be saying much.

most other people are idiots, so she's better off just the way she is. He didn't wanna share much.

agrees with him that most people were idiots; that was why she liked living in the middle of the ocean where most people ignored her.

she's kind of lucky. But he wouldn't change where he lived. It made his nation successful.

that he is lucky, she didn't really have much to make her nation successful outside of tourism and fishing... and even then it was hard to_

do both lately.

she has a lot to offer though.

doesn't think a lot of people agreed with that...

she does...personally?

would be happy to know that...

she should know that by now.

might be a little bit hard headed...

that is obvious.