[ .. oh no. It's not even that he's conflicted about his emotions, it's just that he doesn't realise what the misunderstanding is to begin with?! Minako looks up from her drink at him, staring at Iskandar as if the other suddenly grew a second head on his shoulder. ]

Wait.. You really have no idea?

[ Granted, Minako knows there's a lot of people from different times and cultures at the Far Shore. But it's still a bit of a culture shock whenever someone doesn't know something that's so obvious to her. ]

Did people never.. [ She pauses for a moment, looking for the right word to not overwhelm him with the implications of what he just did straight away-- ] .. give each other rings where you come from? In.. you know. A special way?