Probably best not to volunteer that one of those evils may not be so evil for him personally--not just yet.
He listens closely, blinking blankly at her question. "Vegetarian?" What. "No. Don't really care what it's from, so long as it's not poisonous."
Wait, are snakes poisonous? He tries not to think about that too hard lest the Szilard-o-pedia pop open and volunteer answers. Something's already trickling into his head about the difference between being venomous and poisonous, but he doesn't really care to hear it.
Instead of giving a straight answer right away, he zeroes in on her inflection when speaking of the gods. Food is comforting. But knowing someone else may be skeptical is comforting too, and maybe through this he can learn more about her and the reliability of her meat offerings.
His tone is curious, not combative or judgmental, "What've you got against those people, huh? The 'gods'?"
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He listens closely, blinking blankly at her question. "Vegetarian?" What. "No. Don't really care what it's from, so long as it's not poisonous."
Wait, are snakes poisonous? He tries not to think about that too hard lest the Szilard-o-pedia pop open and volunteer answers. Something's already trickling into his head about the difference between being venomous and poisonous, but he doesn't really care to hear it.
Instead of giving a straight answer right away, he zeroes in on her inflection when speaking of the gods. Food is comforting. But knowing someone else may be skeptical is comforting too, and maybe through this he can learn more about her and the reliability of her meat offerings.
His tone is curious, not combative or judgmental, "What've you got against those people, huh? The 'gods'?"