A fork.

To her and Oz’s surprise it was Margarita who dropped her own fork right after. Upon hearing the clang on the ground, Oz withdrew his foot and Maria began to pant heavily after knowing that the situation was now averted. She barely had any time to let her breathing normalise as she eagerly swallowed away at her last few bits and pieces of her portion. She knew that once her daughter would sit back down, Oz would continue his little game, so she would have to finish her meal now and quickly get up and pretend to do some work. Once Margarita crawled back from under the table, Oz looked back at Maria and saw that her portion was gone. He casually continued to eat his meal.

Maria on the other hand quickly got up and grabbed the pot with the soup to bring it inside the kitchen. Juan was a bit confused at her actions, because she did not feel well just seconds ago:

“You ok? Need help?”

Maria simply showed to him that she is full of energy again by pretending to flex her arm and went off with the pot in her hands.

When she returned to take in the pot with rice Oz told her:

“Thank you, Maria. The rice was also really delicious! Wish you would have stayed a bit longer at the table. It’s bad manners.” He said in a joking way and winked at her.

“Yes Maria, is bad manners.” Juan concurred with a similar tone.

Maria did not let herself get disrupted and simply carried in all of the plates and things which were brought out to the table. Afterwards she did the dishes while the others rested for a bit.