[ He laughs at that because, well, maybe she should have. Of course he knows that he would have restrained her from touching as he did with everyone who tried to get a little too handsy with him, but perhaps if he hadn't he could have been having this epiphany a whole lot earlier. Who knows. ]

I asked him to create images in his head for me, and I watched them, yes. Completely on impulse, but that was apparently all I needed.

[ To the point where even thinking back on them now has him feeling a little dazed. Like a teenager coming into their own. ]