[He’s looking at her now, and somehow it makes her bolder. She runs her hands right down the line of his collarbone and finds where the muscle is tense right at the line of his pecs, and starts to press there, working out the knot.]

My house has been there for almost a thousand years. It houses my entire family, and is made of stone, but it always feels cool.

[She presses the same spot on the opposite pec, watching her hands even as she knows he’s watching her.]

You can see the water from my room. Not like here. There is land, and a town, between us, but you can see ocean. You can see the sun set right into the water.