"Oh?" Steven asks, as he slips off his shoes near the door and slips on his house slippers. He sniffs the air. "It smells good," he says, after a moment. "Did you have to make substitutions?"

He's almost certain Thace did, given that he's assuming this is a traditional Galra recipe, which is what it sounds like. But part of being a reporter is asking those leading questions that you're pretty sure you can guess the answers to and early training shows.