Shlomo seems horrified at this comment, and picks up his bowl to go sit somewhere else.
Sophronia notices all the Jewish folk within earshot all avert their eyes. After a moment of awkward silence, a young woman moves over and whispers, "It is sin to waste food. It is different among Gentiles, I know, but among the Lord's people, shochet is a position of great learning and faith. You have suggested to him that he is not only a negligent shochet, but...." she trails off with a wide gesture of her hands.
It dawns on Sophia that Shlomo's beef is with Gentiles being disrespectful of his faith and culture-- not his inability to meet the demand for pork.
(Derp-- I treated it as a spell cast from outside the aegis. And now that I think on it, without my book with me, I'm pretty sure that's different in 5th than it was in 4th. Sorry, it was late, and I drank way too much last weekend.
Proper casting total-- I forget what I rolled for you last night so we will keep your invis castle roll. 36-20=16, so it works, without fatigue.
The only conflict in the boy's mind right now is hunger against craving-- he's still hungry and wants seconds, but he doesn't want to be full later when the honeycakes are out of the oven.
Aegises don't knock down Parma in this saga. Parma is a ritual, not a spell or spell-like ability. Also, since Aegises don't need to penetrate in this saga, it wouldn't make sense for an Aegis to dispel Parmae unilaterally.
He seems surprised that anyone's speaking to him, though, and smiles shyly.
"Oh! Justinius' pack? I don't know anything about who they are or what they do-- just that the dogs don't like them at all. They were afraid of the magus, too."