Oh, I think you'll find I'm rather serious just like always.

[ Felix couldn't be faulted for not buying that, however, given that Claude fires that right back with a wide grin. Not because the suffering part is funny - he actually does feels a tiny bit Bad given it was winter the last time Felix was here. It was warm then but not like this. Rather, it's because some part of him is cheered to find the other man's first reaction is to give him a look which says exactly how tiresome being teased is. It's probably lucky they aren't at any training grounds or Claude would be expecting a sword to be flying at him. Or maybe two.

Felix is spared a few seconds of more chatter by the merchant handing over the first cup which he immediately routes to the far sweatier of the two of them, and not without a handy little bit of that ice magic he discovered he'd gained at random to make sure the drink's extra cold first judging by the frost which builds up around the bottom of the cup. That'll make up for the (continued) teasing, right? Right. ]

Does it help if I mention you get used to it? Because you do - just in time for it to get warmer still.