Teo barked his approval at Elissa. Hawke rolled her eyes and threw up her hands. Carefully; she didn't want to spill any of the alcohol. It'd been a long few days since she'd arrived. "Ganging up on me already? No peg-legs, no parrots, and my own mabari turns against me. I can't win today."

Teo bounced in place a bit, then stood on his hind legs and placed his paws on Hawke's shoulders. If no one had noticed before, it was very obvious now: big dog. She staggered back a step from the weight, though the resigned look on her face said it wasn't the first time he'd done this trick, far from it. The mabari licked her face, then dropped back down again, a picture of canine smugness.

Hawke wiped dog-drool from her face with a long-suffering expression and held out her mug to Ban. "If I remember to call you 'invincible', will you refill this?" she asked ruefully.