[ Rafa tilts his head, surprised at that sudden affection - which turns out, he thinks, to not be affection at all, and then it makes him smile. It spurs him to reach out, tracing light fingertips along the line of Janus' chin, and he meets their eyes intently. ]

You are pretty. [ His smile widens. ] But your eyes, in particular. I said they were beautiful. Sei molto dolce. You are very sweet. Like the gelato, which is ice cream.

Is English your first language?