I dunno. What's it actually taste like? I mean I feel like it would taste like licorice or Twizzlers, just because it's a cable, but that's just me...

[John studies him when he eats the regular food, and his heart sinks when it doesn't seem to be something that he wants to eat. Was it the taste, was it--

--but the last thing he expected was for Rodney to outright just.

Eat the wrapper.

Just like that.

John sputters.]

You ate the--you didn't eat the power bar but you ate the wrapper!?

[What is wrong with you? But this is terrifying, and potentially dangerous. John's eyes are a little wide, and he fights back his own fear to try and take stock of the situation. Find the problem, and then fix it.]

Okay--okay, are you--is it a hunger thing? Or is it a compulsion thing? Like are you really hungry or is it just, anytime you touch an object you just eat it?