He seemed quite the gentleman. Soma wasn't sure how she should feel about that; she had very limited experience with gentlemen, which was to say none at all.
There was a slightly awkward silence as the man began to eat; Soma left her own tray alone. She wasn't even slightly hungry right now. No doubt her nurse would notice eventually, but that was a chance she was willing to take. She drank from her glass of water, but that was more to wash the taste of blood from her mouth than anything else.
"Thank you for asking, though," she said after a moment. "There's no need to apologize." Another pause, another drink of water. Then, searching for some way of distracting herself from her thoughts, "Have you been here long?"
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There was a slightly awkward silence as the man began to eat; Soma left her own tray alone. She wasn't even slightly hungry right now. No doubt her nurse would notice eventually, but that was a chance she was willing to take. She drank from her glass of water, but that was more to wash the taste of blood from her mouth than anything else.
"Thank you for asking, though," she said after a moment. "There's no need to apologize." Another pause, another drink of water. Then, searching for some way of distracting herself from her thoughts, "Have you been here long?"