Bruce nodded in response to the jelly, and he offered Liv a warm smile, "It's actually really easy to make it. My Aunt used to do it when I was younger, she would can a bunch of it and we always had some. I could teach you. It would be simple enough using whatever pepper you like on the heat index..."
Then Bruce shrugged and his eyes fell to the bowl. A few scoops of noodles found his mouth and he chewed, processing the events of the day. When his mouth was free, Bruce lifted his head and offered Liv his attention again.
"I'm surprised you aren't sensitive to the sun being as pale as you are. Lacking pigment can lead to all kinds of skin irritation. But perhaps that's just one of the things that goes with the reaction. I'll have to test it to really be sure."
He sat up straighter, "So, tell me what you were like before...all of this.." Bruce said, gesturing at her with a simple wave of two fingers, a delicate circle. She was a person above all, and he wanted to know her for who she was, not what she had become.