[ Matt's mouth drops open in some half-formed thought of protest, but he ends up laughing when Jester wipes the jelly off his face and ferries it straight into her mouth. His grin lilts lopsided as she sucks on her finger. ]

Never let good sugar go to waste, huh?

The plums were a standout for me too, [ he adds thoughtfully. ] Normally I'd say hot chocolate wouldn't count as a pastry per se, but that stuff was thick enough to chew. [ Also, he's not a huge fan of labels. ] Yeah, I think in my mind there's a lot of "goods" and "greats," but everything we tried was trying to be something different, so in some sense it doesn't feel fair to compare them?