[His shoulders sag in relief under the patting as he lets out a final, long breath. That was kinda scary...]

Hmm? Oh, yeah! He saved my ass when I first arrived and got sucked into a mirror, and I've been training him in swordplay ever since. He's got some mad fire skills like you, you know!

[Noticing the sticky disaster on the boy's hands, he takes up a cloth and starts trying to clean up some of the marshmallow.]

--ah, here... Boy, you must've had fun making s'mores, huh? You're a mess.