I dunno. I mean...I didn't know I was ticklish either.
[ That's bringing those troublesome thoughts back. Before they can fully resurface, however, his question shoves them out into the ether. Monika lifts her head and blinks up at him, taking in a shaky breath. Talk about intimacy...
She doesn't answer immediately. She can't. There's nothing weird about it, no. Instead, it's occurring to her that she may be crossing a boundary set by her imaginary lover, the person that spurred on this whole meeting. Not only would they be upset with her sitting in an alien's lap, his hand on her stomach, but they also would not approve of anything like listening to a heartbeat!
Looking down, she swallows hard, contemplative. Who is she to deny an alien an experience they may never get otherwise? It'd be ruder not to let him! It sounds good to her tipsy mind, anyway. ]
Yeah. Sure. You'll probably have to lift me higher, though. Unless you can bend down enough...?
[ She taps her chest, right over her heart. Thinking of him hearing how fast that heart's beating only makes it thrum faster. Maybe she'll say that's a normal human heart rate if he asks? Yeah, sounds good. ]
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[ That's bringing those troublesome thoughts back. Before they can fully resurface, however, his question shoves them out into the ether. Monika lifts her head and blinks up at him, taking in a shaky breath. Talk about intimacy...
She doesn't answer immediately. She can't. There's nothing weird about it, no. Instead, it's occurring to her that she may be crossing a boundary set by her imaginary lover, the person that spurred on this whole meeting. Not only would they be upset with her sitting in an alien's lap, his hand on her stomach, but they also would not approve of anything like listening to a heartbeat!
Looking down, she swallows hard, contemplative. Who is she to deny an alien an experience they may never get otherwise? It'd be ruder not to let him! It sounds good to her tipsy mind, anyway. ]
Yeah. Sure. You'll probably have to lift me higher, though. Unless you can bend down enough...?
[ She taps her chest, right over her heart. Thinking of him hearing how fast that heart's beating only makes it thrum faster. Maybe she'll say that's a normal human heart rate if he asks? Yeah, sounds good. ]