[Aerich immediately drew back his hand and chose a different piece of fruit. While he was used to the idea that most others were only a bit more than half his size or smaller, that small had not occurred to him.]

My apologies.

[it was distasteful to see a sword being used as a mere kitchen utensil, but Aerich had to admit that it had been a breech of manners for their hosts to not be sure their guests had serving utensils of appropriate sizes. Even his own knife would be several times this warrior's height.]