[ On the contrary, she doesn't think he looks uncool at all. It may be pretty ...evident by now, but she prizes sincerity—and so she can't help but admire him a little for showing his feelings so candidly. Even if they're sad ones. Besides... she can kind of relate to the sad ones right now.

She glances back towards him again, her gaze kind. ]

I can see that you have experienced a true adventure, no? [ Going to school (yes... school is an adventure to her) and traveling through space... they sound like wild dreams to her. It reminds her that her world, such as it was, was actually just a small part of a much larger universe, just as this moment is of a much larger narrative. Small, but still important, no? ]

It gladdens me to know that you have seen it again. Is this beach very similar to the one you knew?