He was covering his mouth with his hand, chewing vigorously so he could enter the conversation politely without morsels of pudding tumbling out of his mouth with every second word that he managed to force out.
He almost choked, but when he swallowed everything, he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and offered a wide smile. One that probably gave her the wrong idea - he didn't come here just for the food, and it wasn't like he'd been starving, but it was a very, very good dessert.
"Hi," he said, tilting his head, bright eyes curiously looking for something on her familiar face - a name or a place they had met before maybe.
'Thank you for coming' - obviously part of the whole thing.
When he realised who she was, he really choked this time - how he managed to do that after he'd swallowed all his food, he didn't know, but he couldn't stop coughing.