She looked at the couple sitting opposite them, who were both wearing denim and plain white shirts, and thought about how, just once, it would nice to say something like, "I just prefer wine with soda, it takes away the bitterness, don't you think?" Or, " I really like pickled onion crisps, they remind me of my childhood. What reminds you of yours?" She rolled the start of a sentence around in her head before remembering that they were both tired of the sound of her voice and deciding to suck on an ice cube instead.