"Thank you~" He accepted the cotton candy with a grin, holding the bear on his hip like it was a child. A very big, overstuffed child.

"Really? I didn't know contests were run that way... Kinda makes sense, though." Hawks nodded with a thoughtful hum. Not belonging to a label... that sounded nice. "So you want to be independent? Do most musicians belong to a company or something like that?"