[Wow that really got to him, didn't it? She has to smile a little, and snicker quietly. She could apologize-though she rarely does so, and never directly-but she's not sorry.]

Aaaah. Gilbert is rather sensitive.

[She's still being used as a head rest, or she would have turned her head. She has to settle for letting her finger go down, and lightly doodle against the side of his leg.]

Maybe it would be different if you didn't sputter so much. Do I fluster you so? Or is it so hard to deal with people?

Another woman might take it as a sign of interest, you know.