He spears the waffle a little bit aggressively with his fork. Which says a lot in and of itself.

"Well, the first time we confirmed contact with aliens, Hilbert was under orders from them to dispose of us," he comments sourly, taking a bite of his waffle and continuing with it stuffed in one cheek. "And the whole reason I had the Stepford collar on was 'cos they already ripped the information out of my brain and needed to keep us all alive and well-behaved while they waited for the next contact event."