[It's very weird, adjusting to not being able to read the background hum of desire in humans, and he feels oddly at a disadvantage when he can't make use of it.
But he's still like, charming? He likes to think he is, at least. So it's fine, he can make conversation. And Alice seems receptive enough to the attempt.]
Can't exactly say I was planning to try macaroni salad.
[Experiments with eating have been mostly unproductive. Carbs and dairy hold little appeal, outside of the occasional nice cheese. Even without actually being able to tap into it, he's still a snake at heart.]
You let them get you all alone? How'd that go?
[Obviously she's not dead, but he's curious what they're like in private, these strange people.]
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But he's still like, charming? He likes to think he is, at least. So it's fine, he can make conversation. And Alice seems receptive enough to the attempt.]
Can't exactly say I was planning to try macaroni salad.
[Experiments with eating have been mostly unproductive. Carbs and dairy hold little appeal, outside of the occasional nice cheese. Even without actually being able to tap into it, he's still a snake at heart.]
You let them get you all alone? How'd that go?
[Obviously she's not dead, but he's curious what they're like in private, these strange people.]