"We'll manage" he said and returned to reading.

True, touching, caressing and so on was rare between wraith, but between wraith and humans, many, like Todd, were far more relaxed. It was hard to say why. Perhaps because there wasn't the pressure of showing weakness for an ambitious underling to exploit it.

The wraith resumed reading a little longer, getting into the tale, though needing to remind himself that this was fiction, not a real story.