Everyone's allowed their opinions, even when they're wrong. She's not going to argue about this one.

She grins and ladles up a bowl for him, not too full so he has appetite left to try Clint's too. "Try it as-is, and we can add more chilies if you want. But I think you might like it the way it is." The heat in the chili is layered and lingering, but not intense. Just right for someone with a sometimes disagreeable tum*.

((*Developed by me for me and my ulcers, so, he should be fine.))