Hunk just huffs, because he really doesn't need to be spooked in the middle of a library gathering that he set up. Because he often got loud, which complicated the studying thing. Instead, he decides to eat his feelings, and he snatches up that cookie.

"We are." He rolls over so he's on his back, pops the cookie into his mouth in one giant bite, and pushes himself up to his knees. "I didn't expect so many people to show up, so I'm... kind of surprised."

And then he crawls with surprising speed back into his chair. Like it never happened. "Were people not as bookish in Crystallis?"