How had Zelos guessed Alice had lived in the slums? But he definitely seemed perceptive enough, and it wasn't too difficult to tell, given what she'd said. Alice mentally shrugged it off - as long as he didn't press her about it, she didn't care. "I'll take that as a compliment," she replied as their drinks came. Alice waited for her cocoa to cool, although she ate the whipped cream from it as politely as she could manage.

Unaccustomed as she was to dining in restaurants, she waited for Zelos to order in silence, still deciding on what she wanted to eat herself.