I hope not, but you don't seem the sort!

[Eagerly, Darin accepts the plate and takes another forkful. If she were any younger, he'd probably complain about the 'children' comment. He's twenty four, after all! But he was raised to respect his elders...at least he thinks he was. It sounds right anyway.]

[But he's not so absorbed in the food that he doesn't notice the strange look.]

What's wrong? Food not to your liking? I can order something else for you.