"Ooh", Elliot said. Then he flushed. He was joking, but it was an inappropriate sound to make, wasn't it? He missed when he had not felt awkward around her; the potion he'd been dosed with in December had really ruined him.

"I've never tested it," Elliot admitted, shaking his head as if to remove the flush from his face. "Do you fancy our chances?"

At least a ghost bear did not have solid teeth.