[ Gold freezes in place when he moves, watching him breathless a moment, but he masters himself, takes one.

What am I doing? He thinks.

But another half doesn't care, just wants to see where this goes.

He reaches to catch the hand on him. ]

'Nerve' for you ends on your knees, does it?

[ Carver can't see the eyebrow raise. But it's definitely in his voice. ]