Flicker had been watching this whole situation with a growing sense of unease, made even worse when one of the village children came by wearing a suspiciously familiar fleece. They felt a sharp panic run through them, and might have said something had Cascade not beaten them to the punch by shouting at the child to get rid of the fleece. Her anger surprised them, but also they couldn't say they blamed her. 

Flicker instinctively placed a hand on Cascade's shoulder, a quiet gesture to get her to calm herself, the way one of their superiors at the order might have done when Flicker was having similar outbursts. Thankfully, Aura had also taken it upon herself to smooth out the situation, creating a bonfire for the village. Flicker cursed themself for not thinking to do the same thing the moment they saw how cold everyone was.

Despite the tensity of the situation though, Flicker couldn't help but give a snort of laughter when the boy expressed confusion about being referred to as 'they'. [color=f7941d]"'They' can be used in singular, kid,"[/color] they said. They pointed with their thumb towards Aura, who was offering the boy her coat instead. [color=f7941d]"And my friend here is right. You should probably take her coat, at least for now. She's been wearing hers, so you know it's safe. Can you say the same for the fleece you're wearing right now? I know my mother always taught me that you never use a merchant's wares if they themselves wouldn't use it."[/color]