[ riz is bearly barely aware of how hugely freaking bad he is at this. the eye contact surprises him for a moment, met with a rounding of his own - indeed, prey animals, let alone many other carnivores, would look so directly. ]

I don't know much about that...

[ that's sincere, anyway. riz certainly matters a whole lot less here, he thinks - let alone an angel meant for humanity's undoing. he's tempted to sink his muzzle halfway in the water. ]

But.. you helped me a lot, back at that farm. [ this is embarrassing and weird, isn't it? ] I like you, and it mattered to me, so...

[ while he doesn't shrug, uncertain as he may be in this moment, he's more certain that he can't be the only one that thinks similarly of kaworu!! ]