As Lawrence made his way towards Lori, Dragul stepped aside, giving plenty of room for the hulking creature to make his attempt.<br/><br/>With the spell lifted, Lori could only blink a few times, a little surprised to see Lawrence so close to her all of a sudden. Nevertheless, she watched him quietly as he more or less surrounded her with his horse half. She smiled at his compliment, though it seemed strange in the way he worded it. And she did feel the warmth from his touch. Between the heat that had been steadily growing through the night since reading that book, and the feel of his muscles against her arm, it had definitely sent her mind into a bit of a whirl. It felt a bit fuzzy.<br/><br/>But when he had made his suggestion, she gave him the same giggle she had given him in the hallway. “Lawrence!” There was a false shock in her voice. It wasn’t entirely insincere, but she was certainly hamming up the theatrics a bit to him. “My word! And to think the professor had the gall to accuse<i>me</i>of drinking before class, when I’m almost positive now that you’re the one who had a few too many sips of vodka this morning to ask me something like that!” With another laugh, she eventually bit her lip and gave him a once over much the same way he did to her, although her sight was angled upwards to accomplish this. She saw an opportunity in this request and decided that she would take it. “Tell you what, Lawrence. You take off your shirt first, then I might consider taking off mine. Deal?” She lifted an eyebrow as she locked eyes with him, crossing her arms over her torso, just below her bust, pushing them up a bit to give him a bit more incentive, not knowing he already had such strong motive. She was curious at how he would respond.<br/><br/>The professor merely watched with mild intrigue, but his bored expression remained unwavering, his eyes locked on every move made by the centaur and every word exchanged between the two, reserving judgement until the end. He simply leaned against his desk, arms folded over his chest as they continued.