[Kanji's color darkened as he nodded quickly, grip tightening over his now-trembling spoon.]

R-right! So... so the shopkeeper was screwin' with me! So she freaked out and said 'proposal' and... and I explained that it was all a mix-up. And we talked stuff through. And everything was okay.

...

[He looked down into his bowl.]

But I ain't been sleepin' all too good since. Crazy dreams. I got this feeling like a hole burnin' in my gut. Humans usually wait a few more years or so to get married usually. Mid-twenties. Late twenties. A little further into adulthood.

[He paused, and stirred the spoon.]

...But I keep dreamin' about it. Y'know. Marryin' her.