[It's a pretty good start for a guy that's never had to use a fork so she eases off, even though the full on arm use was because she wanted to keep touching him as much as she wanted to make sure he got the concept of it all. And obviously he knows how to actually swallow his food so Veronica won't patronize, instead she backs off and waits a second or two before pointing out the vegetables that came with the salmon.]

And those you have to just stab a little harder and really chew on, human teeth are probably week compared to a Pokémon's, but the back ones are designed to grind on anything.

[So he should be mostly alright now? She reaches for her own food, but she's keeping a light eye on him.]