[Stacia answers Dan's questioning glance with a shrug. She and the guy haven't had the chance to start trading vocabulary lessons yet; "Bergens" might just mean "big ones" or it might be what those people call themselves.
When Dan finishes making his offer to get water, she adds her own answer to the question.]
You're right. If this were a pretense, it would be exhausting. And, no offense, but there's no way you're calorically dense enough for me to put this much work into killing and eating you; even putting aside the whole I don't eat things smart enough to hold a conversation aside. Which takes some doing, that's a pretty big thing to put aside.
[She's trying to inject a little humor into the conversation. It usually works out well, so long as it hits rather than falling flat.]
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When Dan finishes making his offer to get water, she adds her own answer to the question.]
You're right. If this were a pretense, it would be exhausting. And, no offense, but there's no way you're calorically dense enough for me to put this much work into killing and eating you; even putting aside the whole I don't eat things smart enough to hold a conversation aside. Which takes some doing, that's a pretty big thing to put aside.
[She's trying to inject a little humor into the conversation. It usually works out well, so long as it hits rather than falling flat.]