Wow.

[Which is stupid. So fucking stupid, but she puts her hand on his shoulder and leads him step by step, and he thinks his whole self might actually be a little on fire. Not in a bad way, just in a . . . wow way. Because this is crazy.]

This is pretty crazy, huh?

[Breathed out low and slow, only audible in the space between them. Not because it's something that needs to be kept secret, but because it's unbelievable and yet the most concretely believable thing he's had happen on this island so far.]

I felt it, yeah. I felt scared when I wasn't scared, and confused when I wasn't confused, and then I think . . . dancing, I think I felt you here dancing? You were really happy. [No, that's not right.] You're still really happy. You're happy to see me, huh?

[He's smiling, dumb and goofy. Not thinking about what he says, as usual.]