"Oh. Thank you. You don't have to." He says, pleased with the kindness that he wasn't expecting, getting up to take the empty plates and the glasses into the kitchen. He csn at least make himself useful by setting them in the sink and beginning to wash them. "Sharing food is a kindness people don't understand much here."

He smiles, shaking his head.

"I won't cook. But I know some great curry places in the Down. It's not quiet Indian food, but it's very, very close."