Oh, good. He did talk. Monosyllabic grunts, yeah, but it was better than nothing! As much as he enjoyed silence at times, people who never spoke at all (with the notable exception of Mori; Honey usually talked enough for the both of them put together) made Hikaru a little nervous.

He noticed the kid's rather enthusiastic response to the dessert and decided it was time for another grand gesture of goodwill. He grabbed his pie and deposited it on the boy's tray. "Here, want mine? I could do without." Hikaru grinned. "Gotta keep my girlish figure, and all that. What's your name, anyway?"