[ Alexandrie shrugs in return, small and one-shouldered, and offers a crooked little smile. ]

I spend as few moments as possible engaged in theoretical discussions that ultimately have little bearing on how I choose to live my life.

[ The strawberry goes on her own little plate, and is left to wait there while she goes to pull a chair around to sit beside him. ]

It very rarely matters to me why things are as they are. It is important only whether or not they are.