I've handled things like this before, too.

[And then the conversation is off in an entirely different direction. Thank goodness for the small mercy of the network being back to essentially text, it cuts down on the emotional whiplash coming through.]

Wait. You ate them?

I'd rather try and not let it get to the point where we'd need to kill you. I'm still able to make things. I can help with that. Let's worry about keeping you fed before we worry about the other thing.