"You don't sweat acid," Shannon contradicted. Whatever odd biological traits Matheus had from his Aspect, like Shannon's own temperature, it was nothing so outlandish as that. He could believe that maybe his sweat was acidic, but hell if he melted his clothes every time he worked out.

Whatever he was going to say next was put on hold when Michelle started whispering, then he made a noise of outright surprise as she started to kiss him right then and there. The one arm at her side wrapped around her back while his other hand moved to cup her jaw as he kissed her back. That was definitely not the hello he expected, but who was he to complain? Never mind that Matheus was right there and watching and... he hummed a bit into the kiss, trying to pull back just a smidgeon.