Matt found that endearing. And disturbing in ways he didn't want to acknowledge.

“How could he try to get Sandi to reveal her true colors when she was a rainbow?”

“Not that he was any expert on the subject, but Matt believed he could tell a lo…”

“How could she be sorry about losing her virginity in a romance-novel way on a s…”

“Every time she shut her eyes she saw herself wrapped in his arms in the middle …”