He rather gently elbowed her off his ear...
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Before slightly, somewhat shoot staring at their pitiful face...
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"W-What?"
"I got something on my hand?"
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Slow twists of his head only served to bolster the feeling of metaphorical reach, right just between their two thoughts...
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"You touched me?"
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Alter quietly, but firmly, mumbled a response that fully confirmed, he was out of it...