Rei could certainly stop me from touching her if she chose, without you there to tell her how to do it.

Really now, do you try to tell her what shoe to put on first, as well?

[Horst is grinning again, but earlier? Yeah that wasn't reverse psychology, it was honesty. Every girl deserves better than they have, in Horst's mind. Admittedly, Rei seems to deserve MUCH better than she has.]