Even Lethway-notthat she minded his casual caress on the deck.

And so, I held him carefully, wondering if I'd ever hurt him with a casual caress.

A half-victory, but his other hand remained on her neck, holding her in her chair with the appearance of a casual caress.

He remembered well, with the curious patient memory of the celibate, the first casual caresses her dress, her breath, her fingers had given him.

"To me it was," she acknowledged, "because it was just the casual caress of a man seeking for a momentary emotion.