[...oh.]

[He looks down at the hot chocolate, then back up at the person seated at the other end of the bench.]

I...haven't tried it yet.

[It's a bit of a sheepish admission, but here they are: he has been asked a question, and he doesn't have an answer.]

I have a friend back home who makes incredible hot chocolate - she won't share her recipe, it drives her brothers crazy - and I- I don't think that...

[He trails off. It sounds stupid to him even as he says it, and it's not as though this stranger asked him for an explanation as it is. He shakes his head, voice quiet when he speaks again.]

Nevermind.