LeakingAmps

Wonder if Kat will ask for the warm soup again

Might also be a case of words understood to be there, but not there. It could be "Of course [they'd say that]" for instance.

So it ruins in the family then?

The numbers, Mason! What do they mean?!

I think that's going overboard, from disagreement to harassment. While it might be clearly not from your perspective, that doesn't mean it's right to be rude to or harass those who ask.

It's a way of both resenting the remark, and also admitting it's true

She does make a good argument here

Story has a good premise, but the writing needs some work. The transition (at least for the first good bit) is very rough, at times contradicting itself, or not making sense. The pacing is wildly inconsistent as well, which makes following along a bit difficult. Lots of unnecessary repetition and/or rewording of information, sometimes for entire chapters. Main character is supposed to be very smart, but does some really stupid things, such as throwing away all his advantages (stealth, range, first attack) to rule-of-cool the boss instead. If you can read though this (and ignore some bizarre world building choices) it looks like it could be fun.

Couldn't they ride the snake while Kat drags it? I would think it's durable enough that a little dragging wouldn't hurt it

Not like they could really rest anyways. They're in a swamp.