How a person who wears plate as heavy as yours can stand having anyone, especially a squishy mage, lift anything for her, I'll never understand.

[Sigh. Sigh!!! He is the most put upon.]

Hey, Champ, want to see if you can find some more people for us to chat with?

[That next remark is addressed to the mabari, naturally. Champion barks happily and wags his tail stub briefly to indicate willingness, before taking off in a loping run as requested. He'll see what he can do!]