[Zelgadis' skin is certainly stone, but far warmer than one would expect -- warm like any normal person. And there's very little of the rough edges one might expect, river-tumbled smoothness except at the areas where the pebbles meet.]
[What is sharp is the forceful elbow Zelgadis gets between them before Helix can sweep on in. His superhuman reflexes are especially on edge today. But, reluctant as he is to use the force he perhaps is justified in, he allows exactly a quarter-second second of a kiss before giving the brat a violent shove away.]