Cormac felt the mattress shift under the woman's weight. He was now ready to accept her touch, to let her lay against him as she had until this had happened. But she didn't join him completely. She instead turned. He didn't react at first, but then she asked him the most ridiculous question. Well, it wasn't ridiculous, but stared at her a moment anyway.
Then he just laughed at the absurdity of the assumption. He felt the tension ease out of his shoulders and sighed. "They very well could be, Ems. They very well could be." Using his hands, he eased her back into his arms and held her. "Stranger things have happened and nature is a cruel bitch."