Able to anticipate the action this time around, Ishiah didn't flinch when Trixa leaned in, even though he stlil regarded her with a look of confusion and, to a lighter degree, skepticism as well. The greatest difficulty was still in the fact that he couldn't determine what her motivation was in kissing him. Certainly, he didn't want to assume that it had anything to do with the usual motivation behind a kiss, one of wooing the other involved party. (His mind had leapt to it anyway, lacking other context, but the more he thought about it now, the more it didn't seem quite to fit.)

"I don't understand what... there is about this that I need," he slowly remarked, mulling over his words. "Which is not to say that it's unpleasant, but it seems every action is taken with a purpose in mind."