"This one's hot," Thomas said suddenly, waving his hand in front of his mouth and blowing out a few breaths. The temperature wasn't hot but whatever he'd just eaten definitely had some spice in it and his mouth had not been prepared for it.

"Good but I'm still not entirely used to how hot some things are," he said, licking his lips and eating some rice to try and soothe his mouth and tongue and lips. "Wow."