"Are they special cookies?" Melvin got a slightly paranoid look for his trouble. "I mean. Not, like. Sorry. I've had some of those, stuff people leave lying around just isn't safe ... " Had he put his foot in his mouth by implying that Melvin was the kind of person who'd give him experimental cookies? Would Rin get mad at him for that? They seemed to be an item. He subsided, looking worried.