[The meaning of the gesture doesn't really get through to him until it's happening, and then his eyes go wide and he sucks in a sharp breath—but he manages not to make any other noise than that, even though it takes all his willpower to hold it back. The greater part of him definitely wants to let out an embarrassing eep! or something. The eep is in his soul! In his body language! But blessedly not in his voice.
He lets the breath out veeeeery slowly as his brain processes what's actually happening here. Oh. Yes. She's obscuring any potential footsteps or crunching of the leaves under their weight. Smart! This is a good thing, that did not at all need to spike his adrenaline, and yet here he is anyway.
Once he's past that moment, he nods, too quickly. Yes, yes, he gets it now.]
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He lets the breath out veeeeery slowly as his brain processes what's actually happening here. Oh. Yes. She's obscuring any potential footsteps or crunching of the leaves under their weight. Smart! This is a good thing, that did not at all need to spike his adrenaline, and yet here he is anyway.
Once he's past that moment, he nods, too quickly. Yes, yes, he gets it now.]