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"Did you..." Birk bit his tongue not to finish with "...hit your head hard", because that was really nasty and the girl's good humor was contagious. His initial grumpiness faded away bit by bit and to help it remove itself from his system faster, he let out a big-enormous yawn. With that - angry feelings were gone. 

"I forgive you, but don't do that next time," he said, as if making a huge favor to Skylaris. "Or there will be no next time - you will be turned into an ice block and will melt in the spring. Got it?"