I did not ask anyone to write it. I did not know of it until she asked me about it, and I was as confused as she.

[And, rather belatedly;] I am not trying to win her heart, Cecil. [He's not the best liar, even to himself, but he doesn't think of it that way. It's wouldn't be trying to win her over- he's not sure what it would be, but it's not like he needs to drag her into acknowledging him or being friendly toward him.

He also doesn't realize the other ways in which a shipperdin might take that sentence.]