Elleru tilts her head to one side in visible confusion, her ears flicking toward him in attentiveness, her expression still somewhere between shock and despair. He started with of course, so he does want to love, but it's not about whether he wants to or not — she assumes there must be something holding him back, then.

That just makes his predicament all the more troubling. Everyone deserves the chance to experience love. Perhaps he just needs help on figuring out how.

"Then what keeps you from love?" she asks. "Is it the... physical intimacy?"

She's apparently kept in mind how he doesn't like to be touched.