[ Sweet merciful jesus, give him strength. He can practically feel the vein throbbing in his forehead...even Aki wasn't this dense, usually. ]

There's a difference between bein' rude and having some common sense!

[ If Solomon were more graceful and open to criticism, maybe he'd reel back the attitude. But this guy is no Yamagishi, there's not an ounce of shame anywhere. At least she had the decency to be ashamed of her kitchen abominations.

Deep breath. Calm down for a few seconds, until the next incident. ]

Jamming a knife in there is just gonna scrape the damn metal. And I don't make pointless insults; this is me telling you how it is. [ He is being so patient he is being so kind- ] This is a mess of burnt sugar. Not food. Nobody here's eating it.

[ He's putting this in the sink, far away from Solomon, just for his eyes to narrow in a glare. ]

And who're you callin' picky? You can't call someone picky for not wanting to eat burnt crap scraped out of a pan.