[Hearing Kyle explain, in this very certain and resolved way, his path and how he'd reached for his own noble purpose -- his desire to help -- very nearly makes him fall for the man all over again.

But his own (silly, it feels, for how suddenly and unexpectedly airheaded these sudden surges of romantic feeling he sometimes has for the other vampire make him feel) feelings aside, why tell him this now at this point in the conversation he thought he was pushing them towards? His own questioning brings him tumbling right back down to Earth, as he regards the other man with open confusion.]

Is this your way of telling me not to probe at this, and that I need to respect the way you are without trying to push you in some sense? [He's not trying to be argumentative or rude here, but he is being direct. Whatever's happening here, he's not sure if he understands it. If Kyle's trying to connect with him, yes, he likes that and is fully on board with the idea generally, but... why this, now?]

Not that I didn't enjoy this insight into your life and everything you've faced to reach where you are now -- quite the contrary, [he qualifies, belatedly.] Genuinely. I do think we are alike in this regard, despite where we've come from and what we were before.