[Keith doesn't let go immediately. His heart is thumping loudly and both the instructor and (impossibly) John have been completely forgotten for the moment. He catches himself staring again, realises Ms Agnes is trying to sit up. Letting go unwillingly, he keeps his hands on her shoulders to help her straighten up.]
If you say so? If you're sure.
[Though he doesn't tend to notice it personally, nerves tend to make him repeat himself more than usual. And he definitely is that. Inexplicably nervous and flustered and far too aware of the sudden coolness on his skin where just a moment there was the warmth of Agnes leaning against him. He hasn't felt like this for a long time and feeling it now, with Ms Agnes, he's left fishing self-consciously for words.]
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[Keith doesn't let go immediately. His heart is thumping loudly and both the instructor and (impossibly) John have been completely forgotten for the moment. He catches himself staring again, realises Ms Agnes is trying to sit up. Letting go unwillingly, he keeps his hands on her shoulders to help her straighten up.]
If you say so? If you're sure.
[Though he doesn't tend to notice it personally, nerves tend to make him repeat himself more than usual. And he definitely is that. Inexplicably nervous and flustered and far too aware of the sudden coolness on his skin where just a moment there was the warmth of Agnes leaning against him. He hasn't felt like this for a long time and feeling it now, with Ms Agnes, he's left fishing self-consciously for words.]