[ He moves closer - avoiding any nasty, unidentifiable liquids - and deposits himself on the ground next to her. ]

You know, "A, B, C, D..."

Unless you don't have that in dragon land, which, shit, I guess might be true. Listening to my dulcet tones might have to suffice, unfortunately for you.

[ People simply talking to him has pulled Tony through plenty of his own panic attacks in the past, and while he can't claim there's any universal tactic that guarantees success, there's no point in not trying it.

More alarming is why Hawke of all people would be in this state at all. ]