There's probably ice cream or something in the freezer, anyway, the fruit may very well end up mysteriously disappearing and be replaced by it. Kiden needs the calories.

Well, Laura's certainly not going to make small talk, and she's perfectly fine sitting there saying nothing and doing nothing while Kiden eats. She eats what's in front of her -- slower, because she's not starving -- as she knows better than to turn down food when she might not know when the next time she's going to have access to it is, and anyway she likes Remy's cooking.

When Kiden's nearly polished everything off, she suggests, "It is late. You can use my room." It'll be like a slumber party! Which she's never had and does not actually know what it means except that the other girls at the school occasionally got really excited about sleeping in sleeping bags in the den and playing truth-or-dare for some reason, but.

She doesn't suggest a time limit for that offer. Kiden may well assume it will only be for a few days.