Northstar Vale and life gets hard but these last days been meanin’ more

Her stammering gives him a little grin. These feelings were definitely not normal for her. He pities her even more. Perhaps it was too late for her to put aside her feelings. Cupid's arrow had already struck, and she was probably on her way to a world of pain.

It's normal. That's what he assumed anyways. The love he's felt in the past probably wasn't the same as hers. Either way, he says it to soothe her nerves.