[ Here be another stunned face. Please give her a moment to parse that. ]
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Well, I-- don't think kisses -- on the lips! -- are a bad thing but you're right about it being pretty much exclusive to couples and such um...
[ WORDS WHY SO COMPLICATED. ]
And for, you know, people like us who barely know each other -- heavens, we don't even know each other's names! -- a kiss on the cheek or the hand should be good enough!