[Dragaera] Dragaera Digest, Starman kiss

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OK I can understand your reasoning however I am not sure I agree.

Anyone who has ever dated knows about the tension and inner turmoil, real or imagined, when you want to kiss the person but are unsure if it would be welcome.  In my opinion this is a part of the human experience in how we learn to interact with each other socially.

It may not be a universal experience but I do believe it is common enough that the similarities could in fact be a coincidence.  There are many moments prior to a first kiss where one or the other is wondering "what would the other person do if I…”?
A Kiss, especially a FIRST kiss is communication.  We are learning to communicate with each other and that is why I think more an once in a while it comes down to “if I did it right” or in other words “ If we have been saying what I think we have been saying” then “a kiss would be appropriate/welcomed” but until the first kiss is in the past we can’t KNOW if we are correct.

Anyway, that is how I see it and to be clear I have no experience with “Starman Jones”.  With kissing I have a bit of experience but would never consider myself an expert on relationships!
  
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>> Has to do with the first kiss. 
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> Compare:
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> Starman Jones, Chapter 12:
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> "He thought for a moment that he could have kissed her, right then, if he had played his cards right. But the moment passed and they went inside."
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> Yendi, Chapter 13:
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> "If I had thrown my stones right, I could have kissed her then. So I did."
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> It seems reasonable to me to conclude the similarity in phrasing here is more than just coincidental. 
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