[He's all about emotional intimacy. Some of that is experience since he has never been physically intimate with someone with whom he wasn't emotionally intimate. Some of it is just what he wants out of a relationship and what comes easiest to him.
Kitty slides off and he regrets his choices a little. It wouldn't have been a mistake (he doesn't think that anything related to Kitty would be a mistake), but it wouldn't have been the best idea.] Yes, okay. Eating eventually is necessary.