[ she gasps at the bite, fingers tightening a little more--

but their words make her freeze up, a moment. she doesn't-- can't, really-- recognize it as a request right now, due to a variety of factors, but she doesn't exactly know how to answer at first or if silfda is even looking for an answer? but when the silence stretches from a second to two or three and she realizes neither of them have spoken or moved she manages to rasp out in a breathless voice: ]

O... okay.

[ a little too preoccupied, perhaps, to suggest maybe not being right in the middle of the tower. ]