[she's content, at first, to just focus on starting off. collecting what they need, getting ingredients measured, directing caleb a bit here and there to help. during a pause, though, maybe while she's beating the meringue together, she finally says-]

I wasn't exactly expecting to find this here. They're-- it's a friend's recipe, actually, I've tried my hand at it once or twice and they never really come out quite like he could make them.

[it's just- something familiar, in that way.]