An object might burn, but it's also not gonna tell me if I feel hotter than average, or whatever.

[ barring a thermometer... which she hasn't see many of around here...

she forcibly bites her tongue at her response and the subsequent question. and then with honesty, which is against her better judgment, coupled along with a shrug, ]

I would've let you go? Don't count on me fetching an ice pack, though.