After a minute, he's progressed past "starving" enough that he can sneak a piece of ham out of the sandwich and into the neckmouth.

...

oh my god. that is amazing.

I'm curious but I'm also not sure it's okay to receive telepathic impressions of eating ham.

...huh?

you're not a vegetarian, right?

No, Jewish.

ah, shit, I would have picked something else.

He wanted her to share the experience!

i have no idea if psychic ham-feelings are kosher.

I don't know either. I can ask Dad to ask our Rabbi, but. Shrug.

He sneaks another slice of ham.

i'm learning more secret shit about your family every day.

i mean, not that it's a secret exactly...

It's so not a secret, people just don't pay attention.

shocker.

...For the record that wasn't aimed at you, noticing stuff like that is not your job, noticing stuff like that is the job of the people who write newspaper articles and stuff about Dad.

yeah, i figured...but thanks for saying so.

that seems like a pretty important detail to just...not write about ever.

Yeah.

He's not just Jewish, he's a Holocaust survivor.

christ.

i mean, uh, maybe bad choice of words, but...

[all sorts of feelings of sympathy, and also incredulity at the press]

Nah, it's fine. Generic-interjection. Besides, asking you to censor your thoughts just because I'm reading them would be, uh, a bit much. To say the least.

He nods.

it's way easier to not say something than not think it.

...uh, not that i'm really awesome at not saying things.

He sneaks an actual bite of sandwich into the neckmouth.

--oh, shit, eating bread with these teeth is hard.

It does require a bit more chewing. Need help?

uh, help? nah, i'm good...

He covers the mouth very unsubtly with his hand as he chews. After a minute there's a gulp.

probably better to just put meat in there.

Probably. It handled the chocolate okay though, right?

yeah, i think chocolate is melty enough that it's easier.

I wonder how a popsicle would taste.

...huh. now i wanna try it.

wanna find one before we head home?

Sure!

He finishes the rest of his sandwich fairly quickly.

"Okay, I'm definitely no longer starving to death."

"That's good. I'd miss you if you died."

"I'd miss you if I was dead!"