Carolina lingers, as if testing the space. Taking advantage of proximity to gleam details that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. Then she peels away from his chest to make confidently toward the door.

"It's a long walk," She warns, intent on dragging him along anyway, and made obvious by the way she looks expectantly over one shoulder. "I live in the middle of nowhere. Farmland." Her brows rise, "You up for a hike?"