"Thank you," Raine says, with some feeling, currently unaware that she has not come out ahead in this conversation. Small is where she's going to put her foot down: the rest can be left in Pepper's and Erskine's capable hands.

She picks out something close to what Erskine ordered, though involving a different starch, and she nods when Erskine sets down the juulan; when they have their food she'll step carefully away from the groups of people around the food stands, making sure not to lose her companion.

"We're fortunate it's a nice day," she comments idly, when they have space enough to converse again. "Have you been traveling the city more often, lately?" Since he said he'd eaten here before.