I think it is more...caring for a person because they're that person. [For him. There are many good looking men around Anatole, but he doesn't wonder about what kissing them sober would be like. No, he's always been the kind to love wholeheartedly and not just give into random temptations.]

Is it normal for someone to come to such a realization...later in life? [In his old age of. Mid twenties.]