[Luke too, can understand the myriad of reasons that saying such a thing might seem hard to believe. He's been thinking about that a lot himself, and it'd taken him a long time but he still felt that what he said was true. It wasn't that he wasn't worried, or didn't have the same doubts, he just didn't feel right not saying it.]

I'm glad. That's what I want, to make you happy. And I know there are many, many reasons why saying that might be rash, even foolish, but I just couldn't keep it in anymore. Better to say it and move forward with no regrets and nothing left unsaid.

[He takes a measured breath]

Leaving it unsaid would be a immeasurably worse. For better or worse, I love you and there's no reason good enough to keep that a secret.