The praise had a pleasant jerk of feelings inside him, worrying his lip with his teeth as he tried to keep still when the older moved closer. The affection alone would have made him flustered, but his words, the tone?
His face flushed red slightly, trying to focus. Of course he knew that,it had been one of his favorites to discuss once. But between Jim's disguise and the affection, trying to focus on anything was more then difficult. "T-that was.." He pauses, swallowing as if to focus. "T-that was a metaphor right?" his brain was fuzzy and he wanted to kiss the older more then anything