It's possible he's only humoring me, but there's nothing in his expression to show that, really. His smile is as open and sweet as ever and he really does look like he just wants to be here for now.

"Oh, I made nanaimo bars!" I tell him, grinning as I reach into the basket to pull out another container, popping open the lid and holding them out to him. "There are a ton of recipes for these so I just picked out the one I liked best. You can tell me what I need to do to tweak them to what you like."