( as soon as her eyes light up, so does his grin, broadening again across his face as he scoops up another bite of his own. ) The flavor's called 'chocolate' - I'm not certain if such a thing is exclusive to ice cream or if there can be other 'chocolate' things as well.

( and he eats his bite, considering for the first time what he could even compare such a thing to. red bean paste, maybe? but this is quite a bit sweeter than that, and the flavor is darker, or perhaps that's just because he can see the chocolate and know that it's brown? who knows.

regardless, it's quite an excellent distraction from that which gilia read this morning. )