Corbie likewise couldn't exactly hide that she'd noticed that look, or that she wasn't sure what to do with it. If it were just desire, she'd know what to do. She'd had a lot of practice with men wanting her. This was... something softer and warmer and sweeter than that. Not many men had looked at her that way.

She didn't know what to do with it, but she wasn't about to definitely make it worse by pulling back. "You're getting better," she agreed. It wasn't like she could forget that he'd played piano just for her when she'd been so sad.