“Do you read minds?”

Wait, was it? Did she just find out the truth about them? How did it take this long before she caught them? Was Alan also…

 

The audience had stopped eating, waiting to hear what she had discovered. They both widened their eyes as she did. None of them were breathing and it was as though they were sitting on pins.

"You guys are..." she started, moving her gaze from one person to the other. "You guys are starving yourselves. You only eat once per week. Is it done once a week or once a month? That's how you all stay in such good shape!" She continued to speak as if she had discovered the greatest secret of life. Her face, watching them like they had gone insane.

"No, we do that once a year," Simon replied, his face and voice deadpan. He watched her closely, and her eyes widened in disbelief.

"How is that even possible? You guys would die!" Everyone in the room burst out laughing, and she looked at them puzzled.