[ To think that so long ago, she'd been afraid he might bite out her neck... and now here they are, with him having done exactly that, but in a very different context. ]

...as if I'd forget that.

[ He frowns when she pokes her cheek... but he really has been domesticated, hasn't he? He doesn't even think bad of her for doing it, though it's definitely embarrassing. He sighs and sits back up, fixing his posture just as the the Ritsuka and Artoria in the movie exit the nameless forest and look out upon Faerie Britain. ]

Preferring me like this disqualifies you from being normal, but...

[ Not the nicest thing to say... but at the same time, he reaches for Ai's hand in order to take it in his own. ]

...I suppose I appreciate that.