No because the fact that they locked eyes is just a trigger. She would get the same response if she was just watching him (stalking?) from his school desk or something. It is an emotional based opinion more than anything else.
For the color one. There are no steps being made. It's just saying "Fact I Like Blue" which is just saying your opinion is a fact, but the opinion is not based on anything but itself.
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