Wordlessly, Lyra snatched away the tissue and blew her nose loud and long where she sat slumped over her knees.

After a moment she took an experimental sniffle, then sniffed deeper when she found it much easier to breathe the air. "Thank you," Lyra grudgingly replied as she bawled up the tissue in her fist. She might have been a terror of a girl, but Lyra was known to share her gratitude when appropriate.