[ None of those assumptions would be wrong on his part, not that Fern is giving any context for her choices thus far. She does note that he doesn't make much of a fuss about her choice, however. In fact, he's gone along with everything thus far with little in the way of protest or complaint.
He's even letting her have first pick. He's so considerate that it's almost suspicious.
Fern peruses the samples and snatches up the cup with the juice in it first. She takes a gulp, expecting some sort of fresh-squeezed fruit juice. Instead, the taste is odd, far too sweet and like nothing she's ever had before. (Read: heavily processed.)
She can't quite stop herself from making a face, but she swallows it down all the same. ]
... Ugh. I have no idea what that was, but it didn't taste like any fruit I know.
[ It's unlikely it was poisoned, but she has come across some deeply cursed food in Barovia before. She wasn't expecting anything like that at a market, but maybe she should have been more surmising. Maybe she should have realized that free food was too good to be true. ]
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He's even letting her have first pick. He's so considerate that it's almost suspicious.
Fern peruses the samples and snatches up the cup with the juice in it first. She takes a gulp, expecting some sort of fresh-squeezed fruit juice. Instead, the taste is odd, far too sweet and like nothing she's ever had before. (Read: heavily processed.)
She can't quite stop herself from making a face, but she swallows it down all the same. ]
... Ugh. I have no idea what that was, but it didn't taste like any fruit I know.
[ It's unlikely it was poisoned, but she has come across some deeply cursed food in Barovia before. She wasn't expecting anything like that at a market, but maybe she should have been more surmising. Maybe she should have realized that free food was too good to be true. ]