[Well, it doesn't take a socially savvy genius to know that the person addressing them is... someone important? Someone powerful. It's not enough to make Lalli feel embarrassed about being caught, uh, red-handed, but it is enough for him to blink up at this very intense stranger, uncover his other ear, and actually listen to what he has to say. No dumping food? Aha. He can... manage that, he supposes, and his eyes instinctively slide back over Haein's way to catch his reaction.
Hrmh. Lalli's not stupid enough to throw the apple he's still holding, but he's certainly not about to eat it after that; instead, he leans over and drops it back onto his (long-since-departed) neighbor's plate.]
...I don't want it.
[Petty, but at least he's not, like... reaching for anything else as he chances a glance back Loren's way.]
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Hrmh. Lalli's not stupid enough to throw the apple he's still holding, but he's certainly not about to eat it after that; instead, he leans over and drops it back onto his (long-since-departed) neighbor's plate.]
...I don't want it.
[Petty, but at least he's not, like... reaching for anything else as he chances a glance back Loren's way.]