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[whatsamada]

I know this is an odd request considering everything that has been happening. But do you think that anyone can help me cook?

...Just to see if it tastes good or not.

[Because local 13 year old boy needs help.]

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[opheliac]

Pffffbbtt!! — Nothing bothers me...! I can handle pretty much whatever gets thrown at me. Especially when I just throw it right back at 'em, ha ha!

( and chopping finished! like with the celery, she slides the excess off the blade, put them in a neat pile, then dumps it in the bowl while ken is in mid-stirring. it's obvious what his next task is now that she put that in. GET TO MORE MIXING!! while he does that, she'll put out the bread and begins to cup them in halves. )

[whatsamada]

Which is still amazing to me since I know not everyone can bounce back so easily.

[Takes one to know one, right? Either way, as she kept chopping away, he had to take a few mental notes. There were a few techniques that seemed similar to a certain someone....]

You know, how you cook reminds me a little of someone I know here. I assume the name Shinjiro doesn't sound familiar to you?

[opheliac]

( a slight quirk of an eyebrow from her over the name as she thinks back. she has a nickname for almost everyone she comes across, but she doesn't recall someone by the name of shinjiro. especially with it being a bit of a mouth full to say. )

Never heard of the guy.

( and finally the main course! she takes the crabmeat and just like everything else, she chops them into pieces too. let's pretend the cooks back at the seafood shack already cooked these babies because the player doesn't feel like adding extra steps. )

— Guess the head honchos gave him the boot?

[whatsamada]

No, not really...

[Or at least, at the time of when he said it. Of course, he would come to regret saying those words later now that he knew was gone. But until then, he shook his head before giving a sigh.]

I just figured since the both of you seemed to be really good cooks. But I'm not surprised, he isn't one to talk to people.

[Pause]

...And he's not really one to be too friendly.

[opheliac]

He sounds like my kinda guy.

( do de do, more chopping up the meat in tiny pieces. )

Alright, kid. We're almost done with this dinner. Once I cut this up, we'll slap it in the bowl, more mixing and then spread it on the bread. Easy peasy, right?

[whatsamada]

Is that really it?

[Which was he just stared at her at then back at the bread.]

...Cooking was a lot easier than I though. I always thought that cooking was a very intensive process.

[opheliac]

Well, yeah if you wanna cook a huge smorgasbord for everyone here in Aldrip, you'll be done for and they'll eat ya alive.

( what a way to show she has any faith in him or giving him a boost of confidence. especially when she says this with a smile spreading across her face. )

But if it's just you and a half full of people, you don't have to be fancy with it. There are simpler meals out there. Just like there are simpler ways to build an invention. You just gotta use your brain.