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[nofarplaneyet]

Messenger Bird/Voice/Image/Action

*If you want to harass an old man, feel free. Expect dry humor in return if you're trying to be smart.*

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That icon. : D

[nofarplaneyet]

I've had a lot of practice cooking. [He shovels a bit more food in his mouth before continuing.] I have a friend who wasn't able to watch over his son due to...complications. So I took over and had to learn to cook. He didn't starve so I must have done all right.

It is an amazing icon. '^'

[lackofprotein]

[He listens to Auron talk, between taking bites of food and drinking occasionally from his glass. Part of him was also trying to evaluate and come up with any advice on how to improve, but for whatever reason there just wasn't anything that came to mind.

Whether it was nostalgia, or because the meal was such a familiar comfort to him, he couldn't help but feel like this was the best damn thing he's had in ages.]

I doubt he'd have much reason to complain, if you put that much effort into taking care of him. Most people wouldn't go through all that trouble to start with over someone else's kid.

[nofarplaneyet]

[Making an effort to stay positive while cooking seems to have really worked out. He'd have to try cooking a few more things but getting it right with something not to complicated at least shows he hasn't forgotten all his skills.]

Well. He's a good friend. He asked me to watch over his son and I promised I would. That's all that mattered.

[lackofprotein]

I'd be surprised if he wasn't. You don't seem like the type of guy who'd do that for just 'bout anyone. [Then again, he didn't know Auron very well... something that crosses his mind as he casually stuffed his mouth with more food, before continuing.] Not that I'd judge or anything, if you were.

But I still think it's good that you cared enough to try and raise him on your own, no matter what the reasoning behind it was. Kids need to know there's somebody looking out of them, especially when it feels like they have no one, so you were probably more helpful than you're giving yourself credit for.

[He stops, realizing he was talking more than he'd meant and gave a short cough. Pretending that was more or less the reason on why he stopped, as he took a small sip of water before quietly adding in:]

Anyway, your cooking skills are fine.

[nofarplaneyet]

[There was quite a lot Shinji revealed in the simple words. Possibly more than he meant. Auron smiled a little bit. They really were a lot alike, despite the age difference. He pretended not to notice, however.]

I try. Other things I'll try are those teas to see which one I like the best. [He would enjoy a bit more sleep than he's getting now.]

[lackofprotein]

Ah - right, the tea. [He almost forgot to talk about that! Which is why he'll stop eating to cast a small glance towards the box, before attention shifted back to Auron with a nod.]

That'd be helpful. It's not hard to make, or anythin', but knowing which means I can focus on getting those ingredients. Lavender and chamomile are in most of them, but some of the locals offered a couple other herbs and suggestions on which ones mix well with some of the stuff they have here. [He'll start going into more details, mainly in terms of their flavors like: orange, vanilla, peppermint, etc. and will... probably continue unless Auron stopped him.]

[nofarplaneyet]

[Those are a lot of flavors of tea. Who knew? He does let Shinji go on for a while before stopping him.] So I just try a few of them and let you know which ingredients I think would work best? [Lavender and chamomile are good for general relaxation, if he recalls, but he'd not sure what the combo with other ingredients would do.]

[lackofprotein]

Ya don't have to worry about getting that detailed, but if there's any combinations you think would taste good together, I'm not against it.

[Unless he's confident that it would taste horrible, but even then there's ways to work around that if needed be.]

But each bag has a label on it, so just pick the ones you like the most and tell me whenever you need more. Simple.

[nofarplaneyet]

Seems easy enough. Thanks. [There doesn't really need to have any more be said. Sometimes it is just nice to share a meal with someone. Even though he didn't know Shinji very well yet, he knew a little more about him than he did before.]

[It helped him feel less alone.]