[It's easier to appreciate someone's charms when she gives off the impression of being completely and totally disinterested and possibly even offended if he made a pass at her? It's complicated. Feelings are complicated.]

It's not that I miss the fruit so much as...I don't know, a lot of the food here's better than back home so I guess I was expecting more of the same with something called strawberry. Like some kind of nice sherbet...though, putting it like that, if I wanted sherbet I probably shouldn't be trying ice cream.

[It's fine. Next flavor. It's a go, he takes a nice scoop from a fresh and new spoon, and-]

...

[He's double checking the label, hold on.]

Do birthday cakes taste like this? [??? not any birthday cakes he's ever had, and as a noble he's had a birthday cake in the past

He has a concern. Even if it's not a bad flavor. Just odd.]