Well, yeah. I think dating you would be nice? I really like you, after all.

[He's not even going to deny it. Not with everything he's already said.]

And... I know I can only speak from my experience, but I don't think that you'd hurt me by doing anything here if we did.

[No, he likes her way too much. She's been one of the more constant things for him while he's been here, and he does genuinely care about her. Is upset when she gets hurt or is feeling unwell.]

You mean too much to me to let something like the strange things that happen here get in the way of that.

[Ah... But if she doesn't feel the same way...]

But I also understand if you don't feel the same way about me, and I hope it won't make things awkward between us.