Tomina laughed heartily at Ayami's nervousness, patting the water Elfen on the shoulders a couple of times.

"Don't hang yourself over it, I know you don’t view me like that. I prefer being special to them actually. Means I stick out from your inventions. Not that they aren't amazing, cause they are."

There was yet another opportunity to poke fun at the inventor. Those were rare, so she usually jumped in on those. But this time she was too distracted by her beating heart to do that. Ayami was earnest in a way that was very endering to her. Which actually made her nervous right now. Tomina took a deep breath, trying to gather courage she normally didn't need.

"All of that means everything to me. If you stay by my side forever, I don’t have to worry about hurting innocent people if I lose control again. Your water can put out the flames I conjure. Your talk helped a lot, and what pushed it over the edge and allowed me to train more was the realization that you can handle me. And that's not even getting into how fond I am of you as a person. I like you a lot, Ayami."

Tomina's cheeks had a faint tinge of pink to them. Her red eyes watched the inventor. She didn't advert her gaze like Ayami did, but she certainly felt embarrassed about spilling her feelings like this.