"Welcome gifts for cold people," Sparkle replied with a little smile. "Considering the weather we had last week," that he'd managed to miss the worst of, the little weasel, "I figured it couldn't hurt to greet some of the new students with stuff to help them keep warm. Every year I get a small stampede of people who have never seen winter in their lives coming into my shop. Figured I'd just beat them to the punch this semester."

He nodded toward his backpack.

"How are you set for cold-weather clothes, Breq?"