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[abnormalizes]

So, um, hi!

[Evangeline seems more anxious than she normally does, but she's smiling, at least.]

Apparently, when you start dating someone, you're supposed to make some sort of announcement on the internet so all your friends know? At least that's what I hear. And I, definitely didn't do that! Three times over! So, um, oops?

I'm dating three people now! Fajra, Barghest, and Chipp. Um, things are going... well? They're going well.

[Honestly still not sure what she's doing but she's trying her best!!]

So, uh, yeah, that's it. ...Do you, like, open the floor to questions here or what...?

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[castaside]

Oh no, whatever will I do. [ Deadpan ]

Yeah? What are some of the subjects?

[abnormalizes]

Electronics, robotics, physics, psychology, sociology, biology...

Honestly, a lot of this isn't of practical use to me, but it's still really interesting.

[castaside]

Maybe we could trade sometime. A lot of those are practical for me. Two neurodivergent kids and all. And a fair number of my mates too.

Yeah, I know, I'm trying to make up for lost time by being better for them and I suck at hiding it. Don't even say it.

[abnormalizes]

I wasn't going to say something like that?

[????]

I'd love to swap books with you.

[castaside]

Just trying to stay ahead of the curve. [ A lil defensive about showing his affections but like he said, millennia of defense mechanisms. ]

Good. I have plenty of psych and engineering, also food and cooking books that go into the science of it since it helps me understand and ad lib. I could get by on raw food but experimenting is fun.

[abnormalizes]

Ohhh, I should check out those cooking books. I've been working on being able to cook from a recipe - my bibimbap is pretty okay at this point - but I'm definitely not at the point of making alterations yet.

[castaside]

Sure. Feel free to stop by and practice sometime too. I'm sure my daughter would love it, and you're good to have around.

[abnormalizes]

Yessss. [She’s just so happy to get the invitation, even if she pretty much knew she was welcome at birdtile house before.] -Someone might have to help me scale my recipes up enough to feed the whole house, but otherwise I’d be happy to do it!

[castaside]

I can do the math, it's fun. What do you wanna start with? I'm sure if we threw a picnic on the lazy rivers people would eat that shit up, literally.

[abnormalizes]

That sounds fun! For picnic food, I can do bulgogi? If you have a grill, and I assume you do, that house has everything.

[castaside]

Yep. It's on... one of the terraces. I'm going to try my hand a bento boxes, they seem fun. Choco will want to make a ridiculously cute pie or something. Maybe a cat pie, strawberry, as a joint gig with Wash. And maybe pizza bao for Donnie.

[abnormalizes]

…oh I’ve made a terrible mistake, I’m really hungry now from having this conversation. Fuck.

[castaside]

Oops.

Want me to portal you over something? Since I started it and all.

[abnormalizes]

No, no, there’s food in the house, I just gotta get up and make it. …And maybe double check if I have any bao or not.

[castaside]

That's the beauty of portals. You never have to get up.

[ A portal appears beside Evangeline and Macaque has a plate of hot bao in his hand. ]

See?

[abnormalizes]

You're the absolute best, thank you!

[She will absolutely take that plate, delicious delicious bao.]

[castaside]

I live to serve. And it's easy. I could teach you sometime, if you want to learn. I'm teaching my kids and MK, anyone can learn it with practice. And it relies on physics. Very objective.

[abnormalizes]

I'd love to learn!

[Absolutely delighted.]

When can I start?

[castaside]

As soon as you're done eating?

[abnormalizes]

...I will not wolf this down just to get to the learning faster.

[But she obviously THOUGHT about it.]

[castaside]

[ Laughs ]

You can start while you're eating I guess. Sort of. Pay attention to where the light source is in your room, or sources, and the shadows you make from them. Notice how when you're holding the bao, it and your hand make one shadow, not two. You've been around shadows your whole life, you instinctively know them. This is just taking your awareness of them to a different level.

[abnormalizes]

[No one has ever eaten a bao with this intense a look of focus before. She turns it over in her hand and watches the shape of the shadow cast change. Be Aware of the shadows, Evangeline.

It probably looks pretty silly to watch her eat with this expression.]

[castaside]

Let me know when you're done and I'll portal you over for a real lesson. No rush. [ It's better for her to take her time and really look. ]

[abnormalizes]

[Munch munch munch munch munch-]

Alright, done. Thank you for the meal.

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[castaside]

No problem.

[ He opens a portal that leads to his room at the birdtile house. ]