[ She can't but return his smile with a wry one of her own at that. ]

Likewise. No doubt with incredibly messy results.

[ Definitely not doing that herself, she takes another small bite, savoring the barbecued flavour a little more this time before finishing her mouthful and continuing, ]

I am.

And neither do I. But the top floors of the resort were a lot more sparsely populated initially so I thought I'd seen you around somewhere.

[ She can feel the residual effects of the spice still tingling on her tongue. It isn't unpleasant, far from it, although it is leaving her feeling a little warm, as though she's having some kind of flush. They're sitting in the sunshine though - what else did she expect? Nothing out of the ordinary here. ]

The meat is a little spicier than I expected... Not unpleasant though.