[ Rafa listens to all of that with a growing smile. Leaning forward, he plucks the half-cookie with the icing out of Janus' fingers. ]

Well then, I shall have to try.

[ Try he does, and it turns out that Janus is right. The cookie doesn't particularly feel cold to him, but there's an easy enough reason for that. He peels it neatly away, and then finally lets Jessie eat the remains. She dives on the icing first, and stops bothering Janus.

Just in time for Rafa to start bothering them. He leans forward, elbows against the arm of Janus' chair. ]

Very well, I concede. I think you are tricky, to make them cool, but I have a fondness for trickiness.

I believe I made you a promise in return, did I not?