[The problem is, the harder Kokichi leans on the baseless and cruel jabs, the more obvious it is especially to Setsuna that he's either deflecting out of insecurity or playing a feint game so she's too off-balance not to reveal what it is he's actually fishing for; she's not that great at actually following up on the social cues observed in terms of how to fully respond to them as herself even now, but this is a toolset she used to get plenty of personal experience hurting other people with, herself.]

[So his words instead prompt her to reexamine the candy he's tossed into her lap, brows knitting together in puzzlement. What could he possibly be trying to provoke her into doing, by eating the candy? It's not like he could have drugged it on her that quickly, after all -

[And her eyes widen as the realization hits her in that same breath.]

[Carefully, she reaches down and unwraps one of the lollipops, and wets it once, before putting it in her mouth and rolling it around between her teeth for a little while. She hums around the candy, then slips it back out and appraises the dark purple orb, stuck as it is on the end of the tightly-wound paper stick.]

[After a second, she turns to him and smiles, soft and reassuring.]

You know, I can't test all of them for poison for you first, Kokichi. That many sweets is bad for your teeth. But ... I can at least tell you the grape flavored ones just seem to come dosed with the usual awful grape flavor, so far. That's what you wanted to know, right?