[ Matt nods slowly, curious as the explanation unfolds. It's funny how despite the deltas of difference across the worlds, some things don't change all that much. Boys and girls weren't kept apart so strictly when Matt was growing up, but sex not being mentioned? Yeah, not outside of health class.

His eyebrows arch for touch hands, since it's a remark they currently resemble. But he's startled into a burst of shocked laughter when Francesca mentions-- ]

He dueled him? [ he interjects. ] Oh my god, I can't imagine how many people we would've lost from my senior class if there were legalized duels over hand-touching. [ Technically speaking, people used to duel with some regularity where Matt's from, but he's fuzzy on the details. ] Glad to hear the marriage proposal resolved all that. It would've been ...

It would've been so sad to lose someone you love that way.