Brian look sover at Irene's nudge, returning the smile then chuckling at her showing off her plate. "Intimidate me? Why, hardly. Hopefully it won't be the opposite either, thogh." Grinning, he makes a point of heaping<em>just</em>a little more spaghetti onto his plate, but puts only a very small amount of sauce on it before grabbing two slices of garlic bread, and folllowing the others to the table.