[Of course it isn't that easy. He's still wet, even under everything, and the wind isn't fucking helping. Shepard helps him; she's cold, but not that cold, and she's never been this grateful for the goddess-blessing when she notices that her clothes are already drying—
They're already drying.]
I'm gonna try something here. Just. Hold on.
[When he's sufficiently undressed, she puts her hands in the sodden, smelly pile of wet fur and soaked-through wool and... tries to think warm thoughts. It isn't quite like the flashbang, where it was about a small burst of power, or the light spell, that was small but sustained. What she wanted now was broader, and steady, and... called on that memory of heat. Not so much as to hurt anyone, not to burn or scorch. To... boil, rather. Steam.
Heat comes in around her hands, and Shepard inhales when she feels it starting to work.]
...Oh shit. You seeing this? [His clothes are, slowly, starting to steam off, and come dry. Maybe it won't last, maybe it's wasted effort with that storm threatening on the horizon, but... She'll take it. She'll take any edge they can get.] Okay, try that back on.
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They're already drying.]
I'm gonna try something here. Just. Hold on.
[When he's sufficiently undressed, she puts her hands in the sodden, smelly pile of wet fur and soaked-through wool and... tries to think warm thoughts. It isn't quite like the flashbang, where it was about a small burst of power, or the light spell, that was small but sustained. What she wanted now was broader, and steady, and... called on that memory of heat. Not so much as to hurt anyone, not to burn or scorch. To... boil, rather. Steam.
Heat comes in around her hands, and Shepard inhales when she feels it starting to work.]
...Oh shit. You seeing this? [His clothes are, slowly, starting to steam off, and come dry. Maybe it won't last, maybe it's wasted effort with that storm threatening on the horizon, but... She'll take it. She'll take any edge they can get.] Okay, try that back on.
[It's dry and warm, if rapidly cooling.]
I'm gonna try the coat.