"She is, don't get me wrong." He agreed, relieved to find that the... mutual attraction they seemed to have hadn't died after not seeing each other for a few months. "But she's also my best friend. I just don't SEE her that way. Now... YOU on the other hand..." He trailed off, just giving her a lopsided grin to let her figure the rest out.
"And... yeah. These people gotta be FREAKED. I mean, disappearing from their worlds, being told they're fictional here, it's gotta be weird as hell..."