[She's normally better at determining when someone's joking around. But he had sounded sincere enough when he had mentioned the hammer. And who knew what life was like where he had lived.
There's hesitation, then, before she replies again. Is he joking about the ice covering, too?]
[voice]
There's hesitation, then, before she replies again. Is he joking about the ice covering, too?]
Does that happen often?