[It's not a rhetorical question. Ellie has no idea how to fill her days with something other than surviving. Even in Boston it was... schooling, military drills, more drills, sleep. Sometimes sneaking out. But the last year of her life has been more formative than the ten before it, and she doesn't even remember how not to be on edge.]
So... wait. You mean you just eat... like... vegetables? That's it?
[It doesn't bother her in any respect. It surprises her. Having the choice. Where she's from, you eat what you have or you go hungry. Hell, half the time you go hungry anyway. The idea of someone being able to turn down food just because they don't want it is-- staggering.]
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[It's not a rhetorical question. Ellie has no idea how to fill her days with something other than surviving. Even in Boston it was... schooling, military drills, more drills, sleep. Sometimes sneaking out. But the last year of her life has been more formative than the ten before it, and she doesn't even remember how not to be on edge.]
So... wait. You mean you just eat... like... vegetables? That's it?
[It doesn't bother her in any respect. It surprises her. Having the choice. Where she's from, you eat what you have or you go hungry. Hell, half the time you go hungry anyway. The idea of someone being able to turn down food just because they don't want it is-- staggering.]