"Yup, I'm probably stuck like this forever!" Gold grins and pats Trip's head to try and comfort him. "I bet it won't go away after a day. That's usually what doesn't happen."

"The cookie giver? Yeah, they probably did this. It's not Ultern magic or whatever." Gold shrugs. He'll wait for Trip to parse what he's saying.

Gold feels certain that this must be caused by Ultern and the cookie giver had nothing to do with it. Is it because he likes people who give him free food on principle, or because of some kind of Ultern magic clouding his judgement? Who knows.