[ Unfortunately, he's of the experience that it's typically those whom one likes that most often necessitate the need to lie. Or simply the opportunity. Either way, the result is similar.
Touch isn't bothering him right now, and even if it was, she typically has a grounding presence that he welcomes. It's very specific situations that would have him flinching away from her, and this doesn't happen to be one of them. At least, not now that he's had time to recollect himself. So he doesn't move away from her, but he leaves that arm where it is, uses the other one to wipe off his chest instead, careful around the edge of the reactor to make sure he's getting any trace residue. ] Doesn't change the fact that it's here.
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Touch isn't bothering him right now, and even if it was, she typically has a grounding presence that he welcomes. It's very specific situations that would have him flinching away from her, and this doesn't happen to be one of them. At least, not now that he's had time to recollect himself. So he doesn't move away from her, but he leaves that arm where it is, uses the other one to wipe off his chest instead, careful around the edge of the reactor to make sure he's getting any trace residue. ] Doesn't change the fact that it's here.