[ Maybe that offer was too bold in the first place, because that just... wasn't something to be faked, even if they had gotten this far. He frowns briefly, both at the fact she responded so sensibly to that and because of the idea that his Ma was still outside, still out of his sight and reach. But he...

He's still pulled back into her scent, it still makes him feel high ]

If we're to live in the moment, then what if I asked you what you'd most want me to do now, Nariko? Because I'll do it now, and it'll make me feel good too to know I helped out a wonderful woman.