"You— you can't mean you throw them away?!" She said it before she could stop herself, and in retrospect, froze just a little at her boldness in questioning him. Such a waste of sweet, yummy things. "Ah, I'm sorry, I mean, in that case... thank you very much."

She smiled, both at his kindness and at his remarks about his students. Picking up her chopsticks, she began to eat. It was good, just as good as she had expected. Better, in fact. It was a very high-quality restaurant.