"Aye, well, better than some of the surprises we get around here, that's for sure."

There's a faint note of pessimism in his voice as he says that, but when she holds out her mug, his mouth still manages to quirk into a smile and he raises his mug in a similar gesture.

"Deal, though. She'll not know what hit her. Hey, I bet we could even get her to help us come up with ideas for that scavenger hunt of yours if we played it right. She'd know more than either of us what'd be native to here that'd be good to use."