This is sad and nonsensical. Why did the tree appear as his friend as a child? Author could have just as easily made Dori appear as present Emma or even future, adult ara ara Emma. Why does the author keep giving him weird fetishes, but make it so that he's afraid to kiss Olivia? Also, he knows that's not Emma but his internal argument with himself tells us that he either has psychological disorders or he's stupid since he convinced himself that leaving the Dryad is just like leaving Emma.