[Hawke lightly swats away Mio's attempts to help and tilts her head up to flash her a reassuring half-grin. There's too much going wrong around them to fix in this moment. The least she can do is try and lighten the mood.]
I've got it handled, I was born part-dragon. [Callouses from years of archery and drumming are as good as an oven mitt but only for picking up hot cookies.]
...It could be worse. You could have been holding the milk too.
I see, I see. You must be what they call the Dragonborn, hm?
[She can handle the cookies herself—her hands are a little rougher than one may assume—but for hot metal… even these teenagers aren’t dumb enough to grab that.]
Thank goodness I haven’t even warmed up the milk yet!
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Date: 2025-07-01 02:23 am (UTC)I've got it handled, I was born part-dragon. [Callouses from years of archery and drumming are as good as an oven mitt but only for picking up hot cookies.]
...It could be worse. You could have been holding the milk too.
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Date: 2025-07-01 02:36 am (UTC)[She can handle the cookies herself—her hands are a little rougher than one may assume—but for hot metal… even these teenagers aren’t dumb enough to grab that.]
Thank goodness I haven’t even warmed up the milk yet!