He is still trying to figure out the sitting down part. The chair is very small and he is very big and his bell doesn't bend that way. So instead he perches over the chair which is not very tasty so he moves it out of the way and tries to sit as best he can on the ground.

"Dead food is disgusting. It's not tasty at all." Aby ate dead food. Other mers did too. He hated it. "Though cookies are good. I don't know if that's dead or if it was even alive." He tendriled one up and began to munch it. "I don't like tea."

He considers the question. "A little..."

And he watches her. "I guess that means I can't eat you then." Which is a disappointment. "You look really delicious." Munch munch the cookie.