"Meat pies or ham?" Alexi contemplated the flavors in his head, offering Katherine a small smile. "I think I will."

The arrival of their host kept him from responding to the following comment, though perhaps it was for the best. They had both agreed to wait until after they had ordered, possibly until after they had their food and had begun to eat. No reason to force the conversation now in light of that, it would likely reflect poorly on him if he did so, anyways. She knew the area near Avantshire, the next-best thing to having been to the town itself. Not that he had options at this point anyways, but it meant that he truly, desperately needed to keep from sabotaging this meeting through simple mistakes.

And given the gusto with which Katherine dug into the offered bread, it seemed she wouldn't hear him if he had thought it a good idea, anyways.

So Alexi turned his attentions to the innkeeper Florie speaking beside them, keeping his eyes politely upon her own. While no priest, working on church grounds had caused their sense of propriety to rub off on him. Not enough to keep his hands from absently adjusting his clothing under the woman's gaze, hoping to somehow pull out the wrinkles or conceal the stains. But at least he was looking at [i]her[/i], rather than at her... well...

Well, propriety would fall to past habits soon, if he kept up that line of thought.

"I've heard wonderful things about the ham. I'll have that, please." His smile grew as he spoke, before his attentions turned towards Katherine across from him. "And... whichever catches your fancy, Miss Galt?"