( He appreciates honesty. He's also honestly doing his best not to roll his eyes, because okay, fine. If this were a Lan thing, he'd get it. But he's had it repeatedly pointed out on train that their singularity in going too hard for love is pretty singular everywhere.

Also, Inigo assuming what people feel, and why, and how he fits into it are pretty obviously... not based on freaking asking in direct words. Case in point, the reason why he'd rushed over here! )

Inigo, why do you keep making other people's decisions for them? Why do you think people replace each other instead of add up to even more people being in someone's heart? That's dumb.

( Wait, pause, here's the late diplomacy check: )

Is that what you do? Keep replacing people in your heart based on how well they stack up compared to the ones you've lost?

( He sounds dubious. He sounds so dubious about this potentially new insight. )