Billy had to wonder what was going on when she guided his face downward. It was exceedingly impolite to look at a woman from this angle----oh. When she explained where the scar had come from, he nodded and glanced back up at her face.

"If I'd been conscious, you would have scared me half to death," he shivered, just imagining how bloody that must have been. "I'm all right, Katara, they don't impede my functioning at all---unless you consider human attraction a critical function, which I don't."

A tiny smile flickered over his face. "Come on, we've almost missed the entire sunset," Billy bribed, making his way to shore and beckoning her.