This does little to quell the giggles. Indeed, it only intensifies them, so that Lamael has to throw her head back and laugh. Were her hair cut longer, it might have had greater effect, as it is, it is very short, and prone to curl.

"You're funny!" Or, at the very least, in possession of a good audience, "Why are you stuck out here? Did your Keeper banish you? You can tell me, I won't tell anyone, because I'm good at keeping quiet. That's why I'll be a hunter, one day."