Gabriel nodded his understanding, making a mental note of that. "Thank you, " he said for both the information and the food.

And after that, awkward silence descended once again as they waited for their tea to steep. He nibbled on a bit of hard cheese himself for a moment before deciding to break it, clearing his throat softly. "I... think I owe you something of apology, Adrien," he said. "I wish that I could say that my witnessing that memory of yours was entirely accidental, but the truth is that I'd come into it early on and had originally intended to go upstairs and give you a bit of privacy. But when I heard the name 'Marinette', I recalled you mentioning once before that she was a friend of yours, and I'm afraid that curiosity got the better of me. It may have worked out well enough in the end, but I still shouldn't have intruded like that; I'm sorry."