[Perfect, that had indeed been what he was hoping for, but it also indicates to him that she's not angry with him; at least not so much as to not go along with the teasing. That's reassuring, even though he knows there's still certainly unresolved emotion and questions.]

Hey, it was Hadriel; sometimes we didn't even have water to boil in the first place, and even when we did sometimes the time and energy it took just wasn't worth it.

Besides, the noodles are totally not as bad dry as you'd think. They're kind of like weird crackers.