[It's a bit after so he can make the metaphorical hand wait. Eventually it will be irritated, because sensuality is all very immediate. Not the same as something raw like a stripper with tear-away shorts, but you can't lick your spoon or offer someone a contract and then let that pregnant pause give birth. There has to be a beat, then a response. A beat. A go-ahead.]
(Whoa, we can mind-talk?)
[He doesn't have to say he knew that for Darkling to know that he knew that, which he knows.]
a bit after that nebulous hour
( Whoa, we can mind-talk? )
[He doesn't have to say he knew that for Darkling to know that he knew that, which he knows.]