Vernon realized that Chloe was eating very slowly. Too slow, in fact, that it started bothering him. He glanced at her while she was busy munching a slice of thumb-sized meat in her mouth. She munched it so slowly and even stopped a few times. Vernon counted that Chloe took at least ten minutes to chew that small bite of meat. Vernon said nothing, but he kept observing by giving her a side-glance while eating his portion. Chloe ate the cherry tomato and mashed potato in a tiny portion and then started her ten-minutes chewing again. At some point, Vernon had already finished with his big portion of food, while Chloe was eating maybe about 4 spoonfuls of the pot roast at most. Vernon continued eyeing her until he couldn't help to get aggravated by her slow eating. "Why are you eating so