"I try. And I am glad to show you some things, sometime, if you like." He nodded. He would see it as a good thing, he thought.

Her question made him smile, that lopsided smile that brought out his childish dimples sometimes. "I do. I like herbs and the like, and I enjoy raising them. I just usually don't have a lot of space." He smiled wider.

He inhaled the scent of the food, and smiled at her. "Thank you, Justine, for the food. It smells amazing." He grinned again as he started in on it, glancing at her across the table, and thinking she was very capable, even more so than he had thought.

"I didn't know you could cook."