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Who: Uraeus, that other noodle ( also I guess OTHER OPHI AND THEIR COOKS?! )
Where: U...URAEUSY... PLACE?/ophi place...?
When: Day 173, noon
What:

[ BREADSTICK WENCH, MAKE US FOOD. ]

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She didn't lose her eyes and wasn't beaten. It was relatively fast and she still has use of her other hand.

[a little sharply]

I know that.

You're tense, aren't you?

Are you surprised? I don't like this line of conversation.

[puts a plate of fish & lime ceviche down in front of him, a little louder than necessary]

Not really surprised . . . ah well, I consider it part of getting to know you.

I don't like hearing about my teammates being hurt. Even if it's hypothetical.

[ pauses, turning his head to the side for a moment. ]

Ah, well. I didn't mean to upset you, for some reason I expected you to be a little hardier in temperament.

Hardier?

. . . am I misjudging people again? . . . second time . . .

. . . I'm not sure what you expect of me, exactly.

I can't see you, you know. So I make guesses about you guys based on other things. Sometimes I'm wrong.

. . . what do you sense?

That's cheating, isn't it?

As if I don't already know about myself. I'm just curious what you think of me.

[ laughs, a little. ]

That's pretty good, but you haven't won that many memories back yet, right?

Not everything about a person is determined by memories.

What if I said . . . you're the kind of guy who seems like he would kiss his sister on the lips. And you don't remember that, and feel repulsed by that? But then you remember that you really are?

[. . . get out]

I would largely just be curious about how you would draw that conclusion.

Some people seem the type, hm?

Yes, yes . . .

If you sign the contract to cook for us, maybe I'll tell you a little more. If we give away too much this first time, our later meetings will become really boring.

Somehow I doubt that.

. . .

I've been awake for a really long time, now. And running out of things to do is becoming a problem.

. . . we never run out of things that need to be done. It must be different, having things provided for you.

Yeah. . . . well, if you didn't sleep for a few days I'm sure you'd get more done too.