Hear me roar. [ He keeps stroking Fay's back, running his nails lightly over the skin on occasion. ] And you couldn't do better than me if you tried.

[ He laughs and shifts them a bit so that he can rest his back against the headboard. ] You have to allow me a little bit of fun, sweetheart. You look too cute when you're teased. [ He's joking. Mostly. ] Kuro is the Japanese word for black, which you seem to have some kind of weird aversion against. And the other stuff, um. [ He laughs, a bit embarrassed for some reason and a blush is forming on his cheeks. ] I guess you could say they're kind of like Japanese nicknames.