"That's even worse, that's so much worse," Talauia said, looking at Ollie in shock as he suggested inflicting the terrifyingly spicy sauce on the group's youngest member. "You know that it hurts and Frost Walkers eat most of their food raw! He doesn't eat spicy things at all, why would you do this to him?"
"Is this like the knight's ritual where you bond through pain and suffering?" Hauke asked, looking sideways at the strange dish. "I'm supposed to do something that hurts so we become closer?"
"You don't have to," Ashlynn said as she moved on from the skewers to one of the rich, smokey sausages Virve had brought over. "Ollie wanted a 'food adventure' and he found one," she teased. "He just didn't expect that his first adventure would be quite so painful."
"I'm sorry, Hauke," Ollie added quickly. "I don't want to pressure you…"
