[ Bastien smiles when By laughs, because yes, fine, it’s funny, but also— ]

Yes.

[ It’s serious. He scoots over a smidge to make sure there’s room for Byerly to sit again before he takes the water and the elfroot. (He’ll share.) ]

Of course you are dramatic. But do you ever feel it? [ He pushes two stringy slices of root into his mouth and talks around them. ] You know—like you shouldn’t have made all that fuss? Or are you thinking, this is my fuss, and I can make it if I want to.