[ her attention does return upwards at that touch and then...? is he perhaps proposing some kind of strange friends-with-benefits arrangement? is that what all the hand motions are about? and the inability to say friends in a normal, friendly way even with all the windpipe damage?

she tries not to look horrified. ] I don't...Jack. I'm gonna go with erring on the side of caution and hope you didn't just suggest what I think you suggested.