Pippa watched him move, head hung, and she tilted her own as she studied him. "But you were putting on a show! I was rewarding you with toast. Everyone loves toast!"
This was amusing beyond belief for Pippa. This guy was really that easily deterred? "Woulda thought you had some more life in you. Even zoo animals have life in them...Are you sure you aren't a robot instead? That'd make sense, what with the malfunctioning and the not liking toast..."