Henry chuckled. "<strong>If you only ate what he gave you,</strong>" he reasoned, "<strong>you probably haven't had very many sweets, have you?" He pointed at a section on the menu, and explained, "These are the full meals, you should pick one of those. You can have the shake, too</strong>."<br/><br/>A portly, well-rounded woman came around the edge of the booth, smiling. "<strong>Janet said you have a date...</strong>" her sentence died in her mouth as she saw Kitty. "<strong>Oh, dear. You've had a hard time, haven't you? And... if I'm not mistaken,</strong>" she said in a whisper, "<strong>you're not human, either?</strong>"<br/><br/>Henry made a<em>shhh</em>noise at Denise, the owner of the establishment. "<strong>Quiet, Denise!</strong>" he hissed. "<strong>She's special. I just paid three million for her.</strong>"<br/><br/>Denise scowled. "<strong>You'd better not be thinking what most men are thinking,</strong>" she growled. "<strong>I thought I knew you better than that.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>You do!</strong>" he protested. "<strong>I'm trying to protect her. I'm not entirely sure how I'll get the money back, but she needed protection, and the other bidder was...</strong>" he swallowed, and adjusted his comment, "<strong>going to do something nasty to her.</strong>"<br/><br/>Giving him a sidelong look, Denise turned her attention to Kitty. "<strong>All right, dearie. What would you like to eat?</strong>"