[He chuckles in response and reaches for another stone - but even relaxed as he is, the kiss catches him by surprise, to the point he drops the stone.]

Oh--

[Well, turns out several days (weeks, months?) of depression and running himself into a corner in his own mind have not been good for Levity. He feels tears start to well up and blinks rapidly in order to hide them. How is he supposed to deal with things when Emet is being nice to him???]

S-Sorry, you startled me.