[ she fixes lavi with a very long look. terrifyingly long. he will start to feel as if his skin is lifting from the muscle and sinew like paper curling in a fire, though visibly nothing is happening. ]

Mortal forms are rather paltry … you can barely stand up to a few hours of peeling.

[ but she instantly brightens again when mathis talks. the peeling feeling stops abruptly. ]

How polite. I could use a footstool …