Kravitz certainly isn't catching any discrepancy here- it's not abnormal to have Taako be a bit hesitant or take a moment when affection is on the line. But just being near him makes him swell with happiness, so maybe that's not a good metric.

Still, he chuckles. "I still say a moat would be too complicated. But herbs, hm? To think you might even come get in the dirt with me for that?" He's trying not to get too over the top with feeling, of what that seems to mean, of the thought of working together. "Look, we'll split the middle. So beautiful it's downright intimidating? That sounds like you."

Okay, maybe that was a bit much. Just a little. But he's sappy and feeling fluttery and let him have this. "Maybe we can have a small moat. If you really need it."