It definitely was one of the nicer kisses he's had in a long while which is why the spirit gets a good telling off. As he did so he reached up and put his own hand over the one on his shoulder, rubbing his thumb against the skin.

If a blob of light and idea could look utterly unapologetic then this one did.

At least Dorian didn't seem too upset and was taking it in good humor.

"I'm sorry about that. It normally doesn't do that; I think it's because you're new magic that it had to check you out to see if anything interesting happened."