She pulls a face, and shrugs. "I don't know, has he asked you for help so far?" Because she dried him off after the whole ritualistic initiation into the village, and it was not exactly because he'd asked for help. (It was because he had too much chest. And looked uncomfortable and cold.)

(Nope, moving on.)

"I maybe caught him at a fragile time, so he didn't really chase me out of the room."