Atlan ignored the touch below the table. He would not retreat by pulling away, but he would most certainly not react in any way that could be misunderstood... otherwise.

You're getting yourself into trouble that voice in his head remarket.

I am not. He returned silently. To Belial he said: "Not a culture, I think, a story. Something she was told as a child. She didn't even get the name right, though, as I found out later."