He leaned a little closer to her, inched her way a little. His hand was in her lap, a sort of intimacy that he hadn't felt in a long while.

Really, it was the simplest things, sometimes...

//Well,// he ventured, //there's nobody here that you need to fool. If you're not feeling confident, or particularly in control, or any of it... Rinoa is perfectly pleasant company all on her own, I think.//