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Liem “sock-wearer” Talbott ([personal profile] sterngaze) wrote2025-03-30 10:05 pm
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[personal profile] lumberlady 2025-06-06 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
["I" is eight different strokes in Japanese, Liem... and okay, Konoha doesn't know that, but. The point is, she was definitely expecting such an important word to be more complicated than what looked to her now like one press of a button. Wild. Still, even though she does look at "we", it's smart to think... too much at once was probably not a good idea. She smiles, grateful.]

Thanks, Mister Liem... I'll ask if I need up needing one.

[She didn't want to bother him too much, but if it was important...]

Besides, I didn't mean to make you play teacher today... we're going to cook together, right?

[It was "cook", right? (No, Konoha, it was probably "go eat".)]
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[personal profile] lumberlady 2025-06-08 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[... Oh, his eyebrows went up. Up-up. There's a moment when Konoha just blinks in confusion, the wheels in her head moving just a bit too obviously, until finally, just a beat late-]

No, no, no, that's not your fault, Mister Liem!

[She jumps in quick to take the blame, waving her hands a bit in betrayal of her fluster.]

I was sending puzzle pictures and you had to send them back to me so quickly... I'd be more surprised if it worked perfectly the first time. We can just eat together, I have a little money...

[Though also... his comments about the logistics of cooking make her think, lip pursing and brow furrowing.]

I did ask to use the kitchen here, before, but the staff wouldn't let me, you're right... They said I could get my own place, if I wanted to do my own cooking.
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[personal profile] lumberlady 2025-06-10 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[They're going to have to go over the differences between 🥩🍚🫃 and 🔥🍳🥩🍚. Because in Konoha's mind, one is definitely eating (until nice and full!) and one is definitely cooking. But, it's fine! For now... Konoha's expression gets. A little awkward.]

Saving money, right...

[Unconsciously, her fingers fuss at her tool belt- mainly at the pouch that looks like it might be a coin purse. Not a very big coin purse. ... She'd heard about their time at the hotel coming to an end soon, but surely... How could they bring them here without even asking, and then turn them out on the streets? It just wasn't right, and she didn't even know where to begin with it. So at first, she just smiles. Even brighter, as if she could blot out anything dark by just trying harder.]

No, no, let's go out to eat! Or, if you're saving money we can just grab something cheap at the market and eat it in the park... You should eat more, Mister Liem, get some more meat on your bones!

[Which might be rich, coming from a woman who's withers are growing sharper... but she can hide her weight loss beneath the horse blanket she's thrown over her back to hide her feathers with. Nevermind that it's too warm for blankets.]

I was going to eat anyway, it's not an inconvenience or anything...

[And she wanted to see a friendly face, too. Maybe that's obvious, in the way her tone tips the words into more of a plea than stalwart encouragement about his diet.]