(Why am I not surprised the dwarves snuck into this? XD)

With the intense passion that other dwarves only focused towards their most intricate of beaten tunnels, he curled his stocky, gnarled fingers around Arshtat's. His eyes were kind; his beard, sooty. "Well, lass, I 'aven been lighting fires for a good while now, but ye kin bet you're the first human ever."