maybe change "mysterious reasons" to "for some reason" or something like that, and change "smirk" to "smirks"
He nods. “Yes. Back in the day, it was the period of time where the big tribes came to Irestead to mass trade their wares, but now it’s a big festival with games, spectacles, and lots of fancy imported goods. When I was a kid, my family held a small stall where we sold homemade anat cookies. Dad still makes some but a lot less than he used to. He studied to be a baker back on Caphist, his homeworld, but he dropped out after one year for mysterious reasons. If you like pastries, I can get you some of his best stuff, fresh from the oven.”
“You’re eating a lot. You’ll need to do lots of exercise to burn it all down,” you tease.
The half-anat smirk. “And what do you have in mind?”