>"deal with her any more, so I cut the conversation short. She gave me a >warm-despite-the-cold kiss on the cheek; she either knew or suspected, >but wasn't talking. I exchanged pleasant smiles with ." >What I understood from the scene was that, despite Sethra's lips being >cold, her kiss was very friendly-thus, 'warm'. I'd never thought about it like that for some reason. I think I'd just never really thought about Sethra's body temperature before this thread. *heh* Anyway, sounds like a perfectly plausible interpretation.