Oh, uh, great. [ she gives a fairly bashful smile as she holds up the fork-pierced pancake, almost in the way of cheers before she gives it another bite, smaller and more in control of herself this time around. she’s still starving but she also knows decency when it counts.

but who knows when she might have a meal like this again. because she’s been through this before a fair number of times — settling down into a setting that’s comfortable, something that may appear a bit long term for extended survival while riding out the rest of the apocalypse, only to have it all crumbling apart. chances are she wasn’t going to be in this town for long before the next obstacle came around to push her forward.

besides, she still needed to reunite with the others.

even so, she does chuckle at the girl’s question, nodding her head with a focused look feigning seriousness. ] Totally. Yeah, usually all you need to do in order to get that flavor is add a small dose of actual chicken and you nail it everytime. But hey, on the bright side, you can eat as many as you want and you never even gain a pound. Anyone who said you can never have too much of a good thing clearly never had crickets.

[ sarcasm, of course. because, well, crickets. ]