"Careful, careful..." The [OPERATIVE] carefully held the bowl as you stirred the ingredients together. You had gotten on good terms with [OPERATIVE] Benevolent_Day. The friendship had rewarded you with the occasional surprise of a baked good the [OPERATIVE] had made you, a small friendly chat here and there when the two of you ran into each other, etc. Today, you had dropped by the bakery, and [OPERATIVE] Benevolent_Day had invited you to help him bake a cake. He had to help guide you a little bit with what to do, but you were catching on pretty quickly, confident that the results would be good.