[ Raven smiles too, shuts her eyes for a brief moment and wills them to stay blue, fight the blur that lets her know she might be slipping her shift. not that it matters, but it feels too much like a tell right now, like she's losing her control in more ways than she really is. really she's just worried. ]

M'sorry, I- I should probably ask before getting handsy, shouldn't I? [ a lame excuse, but she doubts he'll read into it of it means breaking the tension. ] It wasn't... I mean I wasn't trying to be- I just like looking which sounds ridiculous but I don't usually get close enough to anyone to really look at them and I'm just gonna stop.. talking now, mhm.