Keep pushing your luck, Spike, and you'll probably get to hear the term more often. She lets out a quiet huff at his question, because she already knows the answer (which is why considering the prospect, even academically, is a waste of time).

"Nothing. I'm not running some kind of dessert-based charity. You have to earn it."

That's not strictly true. If she likes someone enough, she's happy to feed them up with free goodies. Sometimes she gets something in return, too; it had been a godsend when Yolande lowered her rent, though that hadn't been what Sunshine was angling for when she started bringing her landlady bakery bags every day. Feeding people is just what she does.

But she doesn't like Spike enough, and why should she? He took her to the base, and she's grateful for that, and he gave her a glass of ice water, but he hasn't exactly been going out of his way to endear himself to her.