[Being himself, he can do that. He's good at that, actually. But see, the problem is he can be an insensitive asshole, totally by accident, and that's the last thing he wants to slip out during what will henceforth be known as the wooing of Mikasa Ackerman.]

I'm not stupid enough to think lines like that actually work. If I'm gonna give a compliment it's gonna be honest.

My goal is just to not scare her off. [Yeah, he aims high like a champ.] What do you think is "coming on too strong"?