[ The city or LIEs didn't appreciate his inability to sign a contract in the time he'd been in Duplicity. Getting put in a tshirt with someone else seemed like a stupid way to remedy his error but he wasn't going to complain. Shadow had heard of rougher punishments. The red head with him seemed a lot more put off than he felt. He could understand that, the mass of his body nearly twice hers. The more she struggled and the tighter the tshirt seemed to get.

Shadow stilled at feeling the lace brush his bicep. He swallowed thickly and kept his eyes as she tried to situate herself. The only clothing he had on aside from the shirt they shared were his boxer briefs--another factor that could possibly make her uncomfortable. He swallowed thickly, thinking of what to say then finally saying it. ]

I think we need to get over there to see what the chart says. I don't have to pick you up, you could just hang off of my arm instead of us trying to figure out how to scramble off of the bed. Or I don't mind picking you up.