"I'm glad to hear that," Michelle said. Not a 'no' was not a yes, but it left the door open.
"Sounds like those old masters knew their stuff," Michelle said. "I used to think chakras and energy flow was new age nonsense, and tantric sex was just bullshit college guys used to try to impress girls. Then the guy who taught me massage showed me otherwise."
She smiled at Stephen as she took up a position at his side. "Remind me to tell you about Henri, some time," she said as he opened a portal in a now-familiar shower of orange sparks. "He taught me a lot."