Charles is slightly surprised by Severus' observation too, and wisely, doesn't call attention to that fact. A faint smile of agreement, is all, and a pause to gain verdict on pie, before he sets about forking into his own. Hm is echoed.

Content to just eat for a second in company, withdrawing into himself. Sugar and short pastry and fruit and dairy are all unlikely sensations, as is normalcy. There is the ghost of an instinct to fill the silence in talking shop, of the things he's seen and observed, but also just--

--pie. Later, science-side-of-Xenogen.