They're all right. [There are foods she might turn down but most things are inoffensive enough. She's been watching him dismantle his sandwich halves with more open amusement.] Looks like you don't, though. Princes don't have to eat their vegetables?

[...Which is sort of something she has only heard about. The order to eat your vegetables. Sometimes she says it to Libertus while tapping him with her spoon until he complies.

That memory is both warm and sad, and though she keeps smiling she takes a bite of one sandwich to cover anything else. "Beef" doesn't taste exactly like home but it has a toughness and smoke to it that she appreciates. This is food to keep you going.]

Hey, this is pretty good.