"Your Highness, that one…."
"Hmm! You didn't die so it doesn't seem poisoned…," he interrupted, making Oriana swallow her words.
'He just ate the one I, his servant, ate. Is he alright?'
"...but it's not up to my liking," she heard him again.
'What? Not up to his liking? Are his taste buds dead?'
"You can finish them all," he said.
"Me?" she uttered in disbelief.
"I don't see anyone else here," he said, "And why are you hesitant? Don't you always eat what is left by me? Or do you want to waste precious food?"
"Apologies, Your Highness! I will make sure to eat it."
"Not a single one should go to waste," he ordered.
She nodded and started munching on the cookies one by one and she swore her stomach felt much better with every bite.
It did not take her a while to gobble up everything, "I finished it."
"Good," he replied. Oriana couldn't tell for sure but he seemed to suppress a smirk.
