Hearing thanks from Ky keeps his heart fluttering, and as familiar of a feeling this is, Potemkin doesn't find it in him to reject it. He's come a long way from being afraid of his own emotions.

"It's good that I picked them up from the catacombs back then," Potemkin stays in the room for longer, in the glow from Ky's attention. "I thought you looked beautiful, even when I understood even less."

Every word from Potemkin is completely honest, so he is too straight-forward to realize this is a long-winded way of hitting on Ky.