"I should be apologizing for myself, really. I'm not exactly of the etiquette when it comes to a personal chef, but I assume if you didn't want to talk, you'd have told me so. I just assumed it'd be strange to be in the same space but pretending the other doesn't exist."

But something inside Benedict preens a little, proud that he's somehow a standout among the many faces that Silver likely sees.

"You're easy to talk to."