Duke hadn't pulled his foot from her lap. He'd stopped wiggling his toes, though.

"If you ask for what you need," he said carefully, looking at his own toes. "I'll do my best to accommodate. And if I can't, I'll try to tell you why." He looked up at her again. "I'd like to be able to expect the same from you, if that's okay."

That sounded a lot like the boundaries that Dr. Shin had demonstrated for him. He hoped she'd see it that way, too.