[...nnn.... battler knows the reason, he feels it too, right? that feeling when you're attracted to someone, where all you want to do is impress them and make them smile, he does this with a lot of girls after all. he's a hopeless romantic after all, he really does like flirting, but... if he ever finds that girl he truly likes, he'd be oh so loyal to them as well.

he scratches his cheek at that.]

I... I guess so? Um, there are all kinds of feelings but... Kotomi-chan, have you ever been attracted to anyone before?

[...wait, it'd be better if he said an example.] In romance novels they talk about how much they like someone, right? How people make them feel? That kind of inner dialogue, you understand that don't you?