He gave her a look. "Do you know coffee will stunt your growth," he teased her. "Even if you drink it as a human, what if you go all spastic birdie?"

Which didn't stop him from laying a spoon on the table, using a couple of packets of sugar to balance it and then very carefully poured coffee into the spoon. "If you go insane on the caffeine, it's not my fault," he said, laying a piece of muffin beside the spoon.