_{[ he's still working on carefully toweling off his hair, and hmmm's in faux-thoughtfulness. ]}

An experience? _{[ lower, ]} A feeling? Personally, I've always felt the surest way to show one's... investment...

_{[ he lets his eyes play over all of Muffin, pointedly. ]}

...Is in attention, paid. To detail... To one's person... To another's.