Teddy looked over at her when she rushed forward with her questions. Couldn't she ask just one at a time, maybe? With a sigh, he sided to address the questions at hand.
"Yes, I want to continue. I wouldn't saying it's becoming 'too much', but it did move too fast for me so we need to slow it down again. You're not annoying, needy, or clingy. Nor do I see you as a 12-year-old anymore. If I saw you as a 12-year-old, we wouldn't be having this conversation anymore," he tried to explain.