[ Forbidden. There's something about that word that is chilling, and it's so strange to imagine something so good and pure as their love being forbidden. There's nothing quite equivalent on Eos, and so it's difficult for him to reconcile, but perhaps it's not that surprising. Sometimes...people have an easier time latching on to what makes them different than what makes them the same.

But it's true. They are different, both in race and in temperament. But it has never been an issue. Not really.

His brows draw together, thoughtful. ]

Does it...bother you at all? N-not that we're different, or that I'm not Elezen. But...that people who care about you might be...disappointed?

[ If "disappointed" even covers it. ]