[North doesn't think anything about there being any kind of strife surrounding this type of announcement. He just beams back in response, his cheeks and ears reddening.]

Thanks a lot! It's...wow... [Things hit him and he just...sits back for a second.] It's something I honestly never thought I'd be doing. Back home, we're still in the middle of a war, but when I'm with her in her reality... It's nothing but peaceful. She's my real home. I just didn't know it when I first came here.