--She stole his steak mostly because she couldn't bring herself to waste it, and she only realized that the moment she grabbed it to do something rash with it.
She just wasn't cruel and callous enough to go and waste food like that. Especially not in front of the innocent cook.
That swiping it might have confirmed his bias was.
Something she didn't mean to do.
That much, she'd decided. Even if the Prince was completely unreasonable, that wasn't a reason to take out her frustrations by wasting perfectly tasty and healthy food!
She didn't steal it because she wanted it.
She stole it to take it from him.
Completely different. And very adult reasoning of her.
His fork scraped along the plate. The sound it made was jarring and unpleasant to her, especially in her ear that was next to him.
Which was. A mild response to stealing his food. "Take it if you like. I'll simply continue to order more until the man collapses. And then I'll have him disciplined for disobedience."
