The first part was fairly obvious: she didn’t want him to hold the girl’s hand. When he’d touched her cutie mark on the beach he’d gotten a warm sort of tingle—it hadn’t been unpleasant, but it had been surprising. Since they’d foolishly not gone over the word danger, she was probably trying as well as she could to warn him that it was dangerous to touch during a procedure. The look from the nurse told him all he needed to know—even with their alien facial structure, the ‘I told you so’ came through loud and clear.