He could feel her breathing, if unintentionally, on his neck. Dear God Charlie wished they were alone right now! He took a few deep breaths, trying to keep cool. He knew now that she was just scared, not trying to get him riled up, but it was still difficult. He didn't have a magic off switch that could reverse his body's launch sequence once she did something like claw under his shirt.
"If I did that, I'd have to find someone else to develop the photographs."
The cart started moving back across the open expanse, towards the slope that went around all of the windy tunnels and over the underground death-drop.