"Too soon?" Jack asked with a smile.
He could tell that she was not unhappy with his touch, just that it was unexpected and she wasn't mentally prepared for that level of intimacy.
She nodded, then jumped down from his arms and hugged him.
There was also a sense of anticipation over her connection, so he was fairly certain that she wanted to explore more intimate contact with him. She just hadn't worked up to it yet.
After a moment, she grabbed his hand and dragged him around the desk to her side, then pointed at a screen.
"Look, just look at this!" she enthused.
Rina looked like she was about to launch into a dissertation, so Nora chimed in, "It shows how many tests we've run and how much of the problem space we've covered so far."
"Tests?"
