"The way you woke up!" he explained, waving his hand a little frantically. He was so full of adrenaline that he couldn't calm down so quickly, and it gave his words a bit of a bite to them. "You... I mean you woke up like a princess under a witch's spell, and I hadn't even kissed you ye--ehhh! Not that I was going to kiss you!" He corrected with utmost haste as he jumped off the bed in spasmodic horror. Why in the hell had he even said that?! Kotetsu had been so nervous and so crammed full of worries, ideas, imagery, he just started talking out of hand! He hoped Barnaby understood that!

"I just meant you--Oh man, this is just too bizarre!" Cupping a hand over his face, the former Hero tried to figure out how to even start describing what the hell happened to him. "You wouldn't wake up! I've been--I've been here for like ten minutes shaking you and you just... wouldn't wake up..." Sadness overwhelmed his emotions again as he relived the fear and guilt he felt. "I thought that flower I gave you had poisoned you..."