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From:

vertrauen

He's amazingly skilled, there's no one else who can handle titans like he can. I heard stories about him while I was in training about his feats, and I couldn't believe it until I saw it in person. It's a bit of a shock when you first meet him, though. He's mostly seen when he's on horse, so it's a shock to realize he's actually very short!

[Not that Petra has too much space to talk on height...]

From:

copia

[ She laughs lightly as she reheats some white rice, imagining this Mr. Legend-type figure...and then shaving a few inches off of him. ]

It sounds like he's your town's hero, which is great. Has he taken down a lot of titans?

From:

vertrauen

So many that they've stopped counting. And he mostly has solo kills, on top of that.

[She pauses, remembering her manners for a brief moment.]

Tell me how you want the table set, and I'll do that while you finish this.

From:

copia

They stopped counting? Wow...

[ Now she has in mind this short-yet-dashing small town hero demolishing these "titans" — she's thinking giant monsters — like Levi is Barnaby. He keeps the town safe, he defeats the enemy, and he has a plethora of fans.

She has to stop imagining Levi to think about what they need, and then: ]

We need four small bowls — two for each of us. And... [ face is turning pink ] this is going to sound silly, and I don't mean to offend you, but do you use chopsticks?

From:

vertrauen

[Well, Levi tends to crush the expectations of most people he meets; at least Petra has learned how to handle it by now.

Kaede's questions baffles Petra for a moment--another thing that she's never heard of. At some point, she'd get the hang of everything in the town, right?]

I don't know what they are.

From:

copia

[ PHEW, okay. Better to just outright ask than assume. ]

Okay, so we need a serving fork, a serving spoon, and... [ a pause ] I think a regular fork will work just fine in place of chopsticks! [ And there's the sound of the microwave signaling that the rice is done. She'll take the container over to the table with the help of oven mitts. ]

From:

vertrauen

[The sound of the microwave startles Petra; if it weren't for years of practice, she may have dropped the bowls she was pulling from the cabinets.]

This place... is different.

From:

copia

Is it the technology?

[ She'll be bringing the tea over along with two teacups. ]

From:

vertrauen

Yes. So much of this is new to me, it's hard to know where to begin. At least, a stove is still a stove. You just start it differently.

[Setting out the bowls and utensils. It smells good...]

From:

copia

They're not hard to use, I promise! All the refrigerator does is keep things cold so they last longer, like milk and ice cream.

[ She comes over with two more bowls, two non-cracked eggs resting in one and a bottle of soy sauce in the other. She overlooks the table before coming over with the bowl of raw shrimp. ]

All right, we can start eating!

From:

vertrauen

I like the idea of that.

[Though Petra doesn't quite know what ice cream is. Oh well, that can be changed when it's warmer.

She sits at the table, cautiously watching the things Kaede brings out. Eggs she knows, of course, though Petra' not entirely how they're going to be served--she's seen other soldiers eat raw eggs as part of a muscle building exercise, but other than that... Well, Kaede knows what's she's doing, surely, and so Petra will follow her on this.]

From:

copia

[ Warmer? Ice cream can be had any time!

Kaede hands off one bowl with an egg to Petra, and she explains how to eat their first dinner together. It feels like she is back in Oriental Town, thinking of her grandmother and uncle at the table with her for dinner, and sometimes her dad, too, and it makes her smile warmly as she picks up a shrimp from the pot. ]

What do you think of sukiyaki so far?

Edited Date: 2014-01-26 07:44 am (UTC)

From:

vertrauen

This is good, thank you for making it for me. [The meat is good quality, as are the vegetables. Petra hasn't had a meal like this in some time.]

You said your grandmother made this where you're from?

From:

copia

You're welcome! I'm really glad you like it.

[ She nods as she finishes chewing some rice before speaking. ]

She does, yes. She has her own vegetable garden in our backyard, so a lot of our dishes involve homegrown produce.

Is there a favorite food or meal you might make here?

From:

vertrauen

She must be proud of it. I guess that means you lived out in the country?

[Or at least not in the middle of the city. Petra's still figuring out suburbia.]

There was a spice cake my father taught me to make... maybe I can try making that here, too.

From:

copia

Right! We're several hours away from Sternbild City.

[ Her eyebrows go up slightly as she continues eating. ]

Spice cake? What's in it?

From:

vertrauen

[Wait... what was in it again, exactly? She had it written down somewhere.]

Cinnamon, I know, and clove. It's mostly a way to show off all the spices you could afford, but it's nice when it's cold.