[ He is eating very patiently and nicely and not choking on it at all by the time Ray manages to breathe enough to respond. He looks unflustered, as though he didn't just ask something completely unreasonable.

Even if, as usual, it's just his terrible choice in words.


...The problem is it's a premise to even worse words. ]

That would be inadvisable, Ray. [ Holding the stick of jerky in his mouth for a moment, Fraser brings his hands up to loosen the top buttons of his jacket, giving himself a little space. ] You see, it's about to get very hot in here, and besides the obvious risk of dehydration, it would be unfortunate if you were to soil your clothing.

Dried sweat can be quite uncomfortable, Ray. I'd hate for you to have to suffer unnecessarily.