Eyeroll. Yes, yes, everyone was special in their own way, but most of them were really dumb, too. (Val might be immensely smart and unfailingly pragmatic, but she was still three and consequently a brat.)

"Great, thanks. I wasn't looking forward to having to reverse-engineer your tech to figure out potential toxicity while starving." Not that she couldn't have done it, mind. But it was nice of him to spare her the ordeal.