"Me too a lot of the time, and I can't ask that!" He waved his hands a little. "Then I might have to explain how I feel about her, and I don't know that, except that I like her and don't wanna mess it up. People are difficult."'

He shook his head and grimaced a little.

"Sometimes I envy normal people."

She gave him a shy smile. "D'you think normal people go around asking one another how they feel? No. That's the hardest question in the world."