He hadn't really meant for Kenzi -- just in the sense that, well, she had asked, and it felt like a bit of a personal question that wasn't strictly part of an appropriate dialogue between a teacher and a student.

He might have been overthinking it, or maybe he was just that intensely private of a guy.

"I... appreciate the thought--" and that part sounded like a question, actually, because indeed it was-- "but I'm not, uh, looking for anything like that."

Ever, really.