[ It's not enthusiasm so much as resignation, honestly. Sometimes you're just eating for the sake of not starving, which is a position Cal is pretty familiar with at this point.

In any case, he looks up from his rather spiritless meal when she moves to shield her eyes, and quickly intervenes. ]

Hey, buddy, try not to shine that in people's eyes, okay?

[ If it's not obvious, he's addressing the droid, who responds with a few beep-boops in Binary, the tones of which sound as genuinely contrite as beeps can be. Cal shakes his head a little in return, his expression fond. Next, he looks over at Trish and assures her: ]

Uh, he doesn't actually eat. He just wanted to scan the food, to see what it was.