[ he's silent for a little while. not just because sampo insists on calling the damn thing caepo (isn't saelus better?), but because this is a lot more than he was expecting, or even what he though sampo was trying to say, earlier. ]

...Would you really do that?

I've never expected you to... [ a pause. his voice is a bit shaky; he sounds like he might cry again. ] I've never asked you to be anything but what you are.

I don't know why it's so hard for you to believe that I like you.