Giles remembers how to blink when Ossie bumps his leg, and shakes his head a little to clear the spiralling thoughts. Sharky can actually see his eyes here, he has to bring himself under sterner control.

But he can't help but smile when conversation actually starts, when Sharky grins despite the nerves that Giles is well aware of.
"It is a pity that you didn't dance together, I would have liked to see it"