The unexpected mess provided an extremely welcome change of subject. Still unsure of what just happened and what, if anything, he should do about it, Kurt eagerly shoved the bowl across the table. "Sounds like a plan, heh." Taking his cue from her, he hooked a finger on the side of her bowl and slid it closer to his waiting mouth.

"Besides, we still have to figure out how we're going to talk to Athena," he said, just before he shoveled a healthy wad of noodles into his mouth.

The effort of suppressing the resulting coughing fit long enough to swallow the noodles instead of spraying food all over the table left him red-faced and teary eyed.