[He pulls away and frowns at her.]

I'm deeply sorry, Paprika. You're a good person and deserve to be free, not chained to another. What I felt for you and my reasons were because you reminded me of a lover I once had, yet now I feel it was wrong of me to live in a fantasy. [He sighs and turns away.] If possible, I would like for us to stay friends even after all of this.