Aris' immediate response to this is a guilty you caught me sort of smile but he doesn't say anything until he's pushed the thimble into the pocket of his jeans. The token might protect him from faeries (maybe??), but it also seems to be making him fidgety. "That might be more of a brain thing than a heart thing. For once," he acknowledges and pauses again before adding more slowly, "Like...I don't think she sees me like that anyway. And I don't want to mess things up because things are good. Even without all the..."

He waves his hand absently in reference to everything he's said before. Relationships and how they end. The feelings he can't articulate.

Looking up at the girl, he asks, "...I'm a hypocrite, huh?"