She pinkens as she protests, tucking her chin down. "I told you that you were teasing me unbearably with that fire game." But she's not embarrassed enough to fluster and his lips are soft on her smallest finger, so she stares and listens deeply to his explanation.

"Those are sensual places too." His brush is tugging at her attention; she's more starved for true gestures of longing than she'd realised. "But yes, that is the place beyond all others..."