She puts her hands to his chest and shoves. Raman staggers back a couple of 
steps. Nothing changes. He’s still there, looking at her, smelling like he does,
and the heat inside her keeps growing. Tikki steps up to him and gives another 
shove. Again he stumbles back a few more steps. She shoves twice more. He 
stumbles over the steps leading onto the platform of the bed and abruptly sits, 
as if about to fall anyway. Tikki stands facing him for a few moments, then 
straddles his legs and sits on his thighs.