He smiles softly at the assurance and tucks into his meal much more sedately. The last thing he'd want to do while she's enjoying what he'd made her is interrupt. And she'd be right in her initial assumption that Frank prefers not to speak until the moment calls for it. Which is why he'll allow silence to lapse long after they've both finished. He saves a little piece of meat and potato for each dog, tossing them one at a time before dealing them each a pat on the head.