"Yeah, and he just said his hands aren't programmed to work like that, so what do you want him to do?"

Luckily -- for him, not her -- he's very used to unimpressed and flat. Plenty of people don't appreciate his humor, or the often-awkward rambling it can take the form of when he's actually dealing with people in person. Hell, even Karkat gave him that look and tone sometimes. It's just familiar and encouraging at this point.

"What, gettin' possessive over the food you took one bite of and ditched to start complaining about?" The corner of his mouth quirks upward just slightly, and he leans in again to just snag up the whole remaining piece and fork. "I'm just giving it the attention and love you denied it."

It's actually not bad. He always thought quiche was some overly-fancy rich person food like caviar or whatever, but this is pretty good. Huh.