looking behind me, the water turns icy blue

Jin's preference is not for female companionship. He'll admit that much quite readily. Raising a vivacious martial artist of a willowy girl, and following after her similarly willowisp lookalike, hasn't done anything to change that.

Still, if everyone else seems to take a shine to the lady of Aletta Manor...

He can't say that he's opposed to doing the same. Lora would encourage him to try new things the same way Brighid would Aegaeon, and Flora is certainly very sweet.

Sweet, until you get her out of sorts (a very rare thing). Then, she's...icy.

And Jin can appreciate icy.