In the modern age AU Alexendrei (Sno) spends most of his time on his homestead far away from all major cities. He sometimes helps out the local tourism office by following along with the surface tourist groups to make sure everyone is safe, since he knows the local landscapes and fauna very well.

Maria met him on one of these tours and just wouldn't leave him alone. To make up for all the times he's kept her and her friends safe, she's invited him on a 'city tour', where she just shows him her favorite spots for sweet treats and cool things to do. The end of the tour ended up being her showing him her favorite TV show, since he doesn't have his own. However, she didn't account for him being completely unused to any sort of touch and closeness with another Ghalla. Poor dude kept that pose for a scorching hour out of fear of breaking her somehow. I think he likes her....

I like to imagine her as having a ridiculous taste when it comes to furniture and such things, since she suffers from the 'lives alone for the first time' syndrome. She should invest into something lest prone to breaking. I guess the designer of the couch didn't account for nervous titans.