[ She waits for him to make the next move. To say the next words. But he seems to struggle, and she can't blame him. She's still having a hard time believing this so she completely understands him having just as difficult a time with it.
She waits patiently as he starts, then stops, then repeats the process again, still just smiling up at him. This is a good thing, even if it's bewildering, and she's sure he'll see that. Once he's recovered from the shock that she can easily read in his movements. But god, she can actually see his movements and read them from sight instead of just registering them through his MJOLNIR. Just another thing that thrills her.
Then his hands are on her shoulders, and for a brief moment, she nearly shudders at the touch. It's... It's something else, being touched by someone after spending so long as something holographic, unable to feel a thing. She takes a long moment to simply enjoy the feeling of the touch before she peers back up at him, amusement taking up her expression at the words that he finally manages to get out. ]
I am. But it's exhilarating! I can actually be cold!
[ Cortana doesn't care if it's an unpleasant feeling, because it's a feeling. Something she's been dying for. ]
I see you're as good with opening lines as ever, though.
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She waits patiently as he starts, then stops, then repeats the process again, still just smiling up at him. This is a good thing, even if it's bewildering, and she's sure he'll see that. Once he's recovered from the shock that she can easily read in his movements. But god, she can actually see his movements and read them from sight instead of just registering them through his MJOLNIR. Just another thing that thrills her.
Then his hands are on her shoulders, and for a brief moment, she nearly shudders at the touch. It's... It's something else, being touched by someone after spending so long as something holographic, unable to feel a thing. She takes a long moment to simply enjoy the feeling of the touch before she peers back up at him, amusement taking up her expression at the words that he finally manages to get out. ]
I am. But it's exhilarating! I can actually be cold!
[ Cortana doesn't care if it's an unpleasant feeling, because it's a feeling. Something she's been dying for. ]
I see you're as good with opening lines as ever, though.