He could tell he'd made her self-conscious, and regretted it. He bit his lower lip and did his best to look abashed — but whatever had set him to laughing was still lingering in the air between him, because he was finding it hard to hold back a smile.
"Only your eyes," he joked, to try and set her mind at ease. Her eyes had the same conflict of appearance as the rest of her; brightened by the recent exertion but muddled by the confusion she directed at him. "I don't think I've seen you caught in the rain before," he said by way of explanation (though he was aware this was hardly an explanation at all). "Which is a little surprising, given — does it rain as much in Ireland as it does in Scotland?"
"Only your eyes," he joked, to try and set her mind at ease. Her eyes had the same conflict of appearance as the rest of her; brightened by the recent exertion but muddled by the confusion she directed at him. "I don't think I've seen you caught in the rain before," he said by way of explanation (though he was aware this was hardly an explanation at all). "Which is a little surprising, given — does it rain as much in Ireland as it does in Scotland?"
Fabulous set by Lady!