If Leila had ears, they would twitch at that. "Don't tell me you've had some deeply traumatic past experience involving chopped tomatoes!" she exclaims in a joking tone of voice with just a hint of seriousness. "You should have mentioned that you don't like the smell earlier when I asked! Then I'd have had you grating the cheese and Eric chopping the vegetables! Speaking of which, well done, Eric! Thank you. Could you split the cheese into two equal piles for me? One on the plate there and the other in this pan here."