[For Cox]

Robin had been working on bringing two of every meal out the kitchen door ever since Barney had arrived. She was definitely starting to feel taxed because moral support was one thing. Bringing alcohol, conversation, entertainment and food? That was something else entirely but it wasn't like she was going to abandon him or make Marshall do it all. So she did it and was happy to.

And some days, she got to meet the most interesting people in the kitchen. Like today, for instance.

"So you do eat," she observed, leaning one palm against the closest table to him. "And here I thought you just enjoyed the sound and taste of your own words."