This was different than anything she'd done before — different from a teenage Fitzroy Prewett fumbling with her breast, different than the way that Dempsey had touched her clothed breasts at the Echelon-Arnost estate. Dempsey was touching her nipple like he knew exactly what his touch would do to her, and his expertise was intoxicating. Sera gasped into the night air, and moved to kiss Dempsey deeply again to express her approval.

"Can I undo your doublet?" Sera asked, because the asking seemed like an important part of this dalliance. She liked this; she liked the feeling that they both had a large measure of control.