"You're deflecting yet again." He has to bring it up, but for the rest... Cough. Well. "And it's not as though I didn't enjoy it. I, ah... well. Crow is very important to me, and it didn't feel like a particular stretch for... reasons."

Yes. Reasons. How thought provoking.

"At any rate, Crow thinks about you all the time! And your happiness. Ergo, you needn't fret about being seen as lesser."