[She passed the test!! Going on a wolf quest certainly helped, so thanks for that. He's a little amused she's taking it so seriously when she really doesn't have to... it's just him!!

But okay, okay, he waves a hand at her instead of going for the complementary head pat again. Which for the record is very hard to resist because he's like a foot taller than her, come on, it's fated. But okay—he wasn't a baby!!!]

I should kick your ass for that, but I'm not gonna 'cause you... [uhhh] helped with the potatoes.

[genius. anyway,]

I'm not going anywhere off the ground unless you want this whole pot dumped on you! I'm serious!