[If Gai were being honest, he's never met a girl quite like Elizabeth before. The fact that SHE can keep up with HIM impresses him to no end; not only does she take his teasing in stride, she pokes back, and he likes that. It makes him feel like he doesn't have to worry about holding back around her the way he does with so many other people.

When she slips her hand around his arm, he grins and rests his own hand lightly over hers.]

No, I think most of the girls here were looking for someone a little less dangerous than me. Not that I mind-- they weren't exactly my type either.