Just as Parvati had expected, a very grumpy expression did fall onto Jasper's face, and he swatted at her hand to get it away from his head. And then the poke! "I eat," he mumbled back, but enough time with his cousins - and even some of the women here in this village - seemed to convince him that there was just no reasoning with people who wanted to feed people. This was both good and bad.
He didn't even know what to respond to first. She was talking so quickly and before he could start answering one part of the conversation, another had risen up. In the end he felt it was easier and simpler if he just moved out of the threshold and let Parvati have her way. "Fine. What did you even bring?"