Oh really? What sorts of books do you like to read? Have you ever read a romance? You know, where the dashing hero whisks the heroine away on his manly steed? So over-dramatized. But I love them anyway.
Well it's good if he feels the same way, isn't it? Even if the rules are... silly. Saving the world is dangerous so you ought to enjoy the time you have, right? Let yourself be happy in the moments that fall in between all the fighting and danger.
And if he doesn't exist, then all this talk is just talk, and you don't need to remember a word of it.