[She's expecting him to get flustered, or to be bashful, or something that's a more fun reaction. Instead, she gets that honest, almost admiring tone. It's not what she'd expected, and it throws her off guard.

More to the point, it kind of hurts, a little. Hearing someone talk about someone they loved like that, when neither Alto nor Ranka are anywhere to be seen, and she doesn't know if she'll see them anytime soon.

Sheryl realizes, after a moment, that she's feeling a little jealous.

So, to cover up her momentary vulnerability, she opts to, again, be something of a gadfly.] She seems like a pretty amazing girl. And she's got an incredible body, from what I saw in the baths.

[More seriously, though:] That's a pretty mature thing to be able to recognize, though.