“Can I love you from afar?” 

--> love is personal, i will be involved whether it is my desire to be or not. 

as your emotions are not mine to control, you can feel however you want for me 

i do not know that you can sustain those feelings without reciprocation 

probably, it will hurt. 

maybe you’ll like the hurt.

--> you have not, to my knowledge, passed any sort of turing test. 

i am not sure whether i should consider you capable of love or not 

are you?