"No, I-- I mean, I-- I just thought I'd say so."

He rubs the back of her hand on the book, his thumb sweeping over her wrist.

"And I'm glad it's no skin off your nose, 'cause I like your nose and it's really, really cute and it'd be a shame if anything happened to it, 'specially skin peeling off of it, although that could happen if you get sunburned, I guess..."