[ romantic? why does that feel as though that hits the nail on the head so very...

...

--oh. oh. his face colors slightly as it abruptly occurs to him what, precisely, he had been missing from that fable. right-- ]

Funny you should say that, dear Doctor~! I, ah, quite believe you're right actually, and the tale had something to do with soulmates~! Ah, a sharp eye! Or is Dr. Dyer something of a romantic herself...?

[ is he. teasing. ...maybe a little, ]