Vandal initially stared at Simon as the man’s mustache jumped up and down to express his thoughts on the matter of food; after Vi started to more furiously fumble around with her clothes, Vandal turned to see what she was doing. He thought to joke and ask if she had found a mouse in her pants, but decided against it after seeing her eyes. Simon apparently noted his change in gaze after mentioning chicken, although Vandal never answered the question. Meanwhile, Vandal started to rush over to Vi, hopping over chairs to get over to her quicker.

By the time he got close, she said something about her charm, and Vandal frowned. “Great, find one thing and lose another…well, better get searching.” His voice changed from insincere annoyance to slight bemusement as he spoke, then started to look along the aisles once again. “Which one’d you lose, Vi?” Then, after a moment of searching, it dawned on him and he quickly shot a look to Vi, part disbelief, and part shock. “Wait…..you don’t think…” he started, but he didn’t dare finish his sentence before standing up. He quickly wiped the look off his face, mostly to hide it from Simon, then made a comment, indicating a hidden meaning behind his tone, “I’m sure it fell out of your pocket at school or something….we can look for it tomorrow, it’s getting dark…”