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[silversnowfall]

[through chattering teeth]

It's s-surprisingly cold today. Even the tea...

[Housemates will find her curled up on the sofa with a large cup of tea and a blanket, shivering.]

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[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

[he runs a hand through white hair]

Then it's entirely possible that you are experiencing internal frostbite.

That fire was really a mushi, called the Kagebi. They disguise themselves as normal flames, but they feed off of human body heat.

[silversnowfall]

Frostbite?

[that hand is against her chest again. Not just because it's painfully cold, this time, either. It should be clear from her reaction that she knows exactly how serious that could be, unless Ginko tells her otherwise]

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

[he nods]

I'm afraid so.

[then he gets to his knees and opens his box, pulling open a drawer or two-- retrieving a white packet of something. He hands it to her]

Drink this in some hot water, about a third of it to a cup. Recovery is slow, for this kind of thing... but if all you drank was one cup of tea, you shouldn't be in any danger of permanent damage.

[he stands, now with something like a long pair of metal chopstiks in his hand] Could you show me where you heated the water?

[silversnowfall]

[very quietly, and almost flat] I had almost three. ...The kettle should still be on the stove.

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

[.......well.

He gets up to take a look at it. He isn't familiar with the technology, but he's fiddled plenty with the apartment kitchens when he was stuck in town. So it only takes him a moment to utter a low] Ohooo....

[silversnowfall]

[She won't be getting up to join him. She will be glad the thing is out of her house.]