Ember startles slightly, but when she looks over at him, she smiles. "Yeah. It's annoying having to climb this table all the time to eat, and I'm sure it's not much fun for anyone else around here either, so I'm trying to construct something to fix that."

She sets down the metal strips she's been working on gathering for her trip back to the hearth room, walking over to greet her companion properly - she's never seen him before. "You look new, I've only seen two other fire people here before. I'm the forge - I'm called Ember. You?"