[He nods, watching Dorian with some doubt even so.] So you are cool with it, then? I'm glad for it.

[Awkward wording aside, he pauses, another point coming to mind because of Dorian's words.]

I...meant to ask. Although I recognise it to be a rude thing to say. But I must wonder, due to your conversation with Hyde, and if it is so, then I feel all the worse for what I - either half of me - did to you. And please do not think of it as an accusation, or that I am disapproving of such things. Certainly I was, at one time, but that is largely due to the fact I felt ashamed that I too had felt-

[No, now he's rambling. He stops himself. Pauses a moment again, before lowering his voice, slowing down.]

Dorian, did your love for me hold a romantic nature?