I know that now. That it's bad.

[And he feels really awkward and stupid all of a sudden that his brain jumped to the awful thing he knew instead of the far more likely thing it was for: fun.]

I just thought -

I don't really know much about human culture. Or what rituals they might have.

[Seated again, his back ramrod straight, he doesn't look at her, his cheeks flushing.]

I only have snippets to go on. And the main person I learned them from hadn't been on Earth in centuries.