> > Matt pulled back slowly, and returned to his quarters, outside her head,
> > with her outside of his. "Wow," he said simply, reverently. "So... I'm
not
> > alone in my feelings." His shy smile made itself apparent. "This is
good."
>
> Carrhae opened her eyes. "I hope it removes all of your doubts," she
> said, caressing his face as she lowered her hand from the contact points.
> She still studied him closely, as if committing the smallest detail to
> memory.
>
"THere weren't that many to be removed," he told her. He then turned to
Kit. "Sorry about t hat," he offered. They had all but ignored her for
several moments now. "Hope your blood sugar level isn't catastrophically
high after all that," he teased.