Right, because his body apparently needed more torture and thinking of all the things he could teach her swam past his eyes in a flash that had his skin feeling too small for his body again. He managed, somehow, to get a measure of control over himself as he pulled her back against him so she faced out over the water. If she felt his reaction against her back, so be it.

He guided her hand to the rudder behind them and wrapped her fingers around it. "Watch the horizon as you move the rudder. Pick a cloud and see how our position changes just with the movement."