[ - and she gives him an all too encouraging smile. Whether she is aware or not, she acts perfectly oblivious and nothing but open. ]

Well, if you're fine.

[ Okay so maybe a little bit teasing. But she continues, the lesson she's given half a dozen times now to different people and she settles herself back against the couch, a mental brush - soft like her fingers in his hair. ]

Just close your eyes and take a deep breath, alright? Just in and then out again. Hear the connection first. I like to imagine it as a night sky, that each person is their own constellation of stars. [ and each word she is coaxing, in word and the comfort of being close to another person. ]