"Clavia, if you give that food to anyone else, we'll get our hands on Karin when you aren't looking and give her sugar and teach her bad words," Dantz threatened, giving the nail he was working on one last good smack before getting up to join Thadd in getting to that water and those sandwiches.
Nack would've shook his head to keep himself out of it, but he was maneuvering over the open support structure that didn't have replacement slats put down yet to get to the other side. "Leave me out of that," he said. "I know better than to incur her wrath."
"Naw, what you'll do is give her the puppy eyes and guilt her into giving you more than she'd originally offered," Thadd said. He looked at the queen. "Mind if I impose on you for one of those glasses?" he asked, giving her a personable smile. "Food'll sound better when I'm not dyin' of thirst."