Ah, look at her. So naive. So gentle and innocent. Didn't she know about the scams of the world? The sort of things people did for money? "This is a ritzy place, babe. They're not just gonna let anyone walk out of here with silverware in their pockets." Or perhaps he had just been considering ways to take the silverware without getting caught. "Anyway, I was thinking about ordering that salmon dish. It looks good with all those greens. What are they called? Oh yeah, vegetables! You get whatever you want, okay babe?" It was a far cry from the typical school lunches, but that's what special dinners were for, to change up the usual meals.
He grinned at her joke but not for the reasons she had made it. He was a guy after all. He was allowed certain thoughts even if he was married. It did seem to have its intended affect as he did relax a bit, just reaching over the table to take her hand. "Which one of your kids told you that one?"