I shall look for a recipe you might like, then.

I'll take this one, thank you. [She picked up one with fish roe.] Mm, you're right! It's also delicious. You might just turned me into a returning customer, Gai.

[She was glad to be able to meet Gai, and that they had at least one similar interest. A few days practically alone in an empty yet vast space station could not be compared to losing a son, but she felt it helped her see in perspective what it was like to lose people she had grown to care about. No way of knowing when and if she would see them again.]