<span style="font-size: 10px">"Exactly,"</span>Astrid whispers back, suppressing a giggle.<span style="font-size: 10px">"I mean, sometimes you <i>want</i> to get to screaming level right away, but I usually like to take my time a little more, you know?  Usually I don't get that intense at all, much less five seconds in."</span>