dappledleaves | CICONIA: WHEN THEY CRY

The frog is mostly annoying, but it's not wrong when it comes to objective stuff.

[ Oria sighs. Stupid reliable frog AI. ]

Did you already forget her leading us to a shady place?

That was an accident! [Or was it? Sometimes Sinclair isn't quite sure, when Charon was given to him by a company he couldn't even tell people the name of]

Um. It worked out okay in the end at least? I'm helping her...

[Funny how he doesn't have a good memory of that. Just that his knuckles really hurt and he was really sore for a few days after...But it ended fine because Oria wasn't hurt]

[ Oria remembers it so clearly, so he looks a bit exasperated at Sinclair for a moment. ]

I guess you're right. Then just help her more.

[ That's really all he can say about that now. ]

Be a little nicer to me tooooo.

[ He's just joking, since he doesn't like being spoiled in any way—especially affection. ]

[Sinclair isn't as good at social cues as Oria from being well...a prisoner. He does look a little concerned]

Ah...am I not? You can have my peeps.

[Sharing is caring etc]

[ Yeah!! More peeps for him! But he knows Sinclair needs them too. ]

You're so sweet. I love you.

[ Then their food arrives. ]

[ Ah???]

[ Is... this a Ciconia born thing? How does Oria say such things so easily...]

[ It's just Oria's nature so Sinclair lets it go as the food arrives. He'll offer some of his parfait to Oria in gratitude]

Mm...you too? [ Confused but sincere]

I'm glad we're friends.

[ even if...ah]

[ He more or less expected this sort of response, so he doesn't look crushed or anything. He just grins and takes the offered parfait. Yummy. ]

Yeah! Me too.

[ Oria would never say "love" so easily, but that's his personal problem and no one else's.

He starts eating his mountainous pile of pancakes drenched with syrup. Mmmmmm... ]

[ Oh, Oria accepted his offering. He's even happier now]

How are your pancakes?

[ He'll take back his parfait and work on his burger first. Sugar tastes even better after something salty]

Soooo good. Everything tastes good when I'm hungry.

[ Not like it hasn't already. He takes a giant piece of pancake and eats it. Nom. Kirby time. ]

[Even for a gauntlet knight, sometimes it seems like Oria can just vacuum up an entire restaurant. But Sinclair can understand]

That's good. I would have felt bad if the reviews were all lies.

[ Maybe the food he eats just disappears to the dimensioned container. ]

Oh? You looked up the reviews and everything?

[ He seems incredibly fond. ]

Yeah. It seemed like a nice place by the way people talked about it. I thought it'd be nice if we could go together.

[ Research for friends outings!! not that Sinclair can leave without strict restrictions being met but... sometimes he likes to imagine and prepare for that]

[ Sinclair is extremely endearing, Oria thinks. This makes me so sad... lonely sinclair... ]

It's comfortable here and the food is awesome. You definitely picked right, so thanks!

[Sinclair blushes a little, pleased and tried to hide that behind his burger]

Mm... I'm glad. You should help me with the chips though. I might have ordered too much.

Gladly.

[ Sinclair is so cute... Oria keeps that thought to himself. ]

Only after you feel full though.

[ He doesn't want to take away Sinclair's food otherwise. Boy... you need to eat. ]

It would be nice if we could do this every day.

...me too. [ There's a wistful note to Sinclair's voice. It's nice to fulfil one of his daydreams. The Public Order of the Bath just isn't the same.]

I'm lucky. I fulfilled my conditions this month at least even though I lost my temper at teacher...

[small hard won freedoms. And Sinclair eats dutifully!! But he likes sharing food and experiences...]

Hm? What conditions?

[ He tilts his head. Sinclair? What's that?

And yeah, the Public Bath order really isn't the same at all. ]

Mm...avoid any marks against my behaviour record, complete any tasks assigned to me, that sort of thing.

[ And put up with...certain things. It's hard okay]

Why are they so strict on you... Are they really doing that comparison thing?

[ "Why can't you be more like x" etc ]

I mean...[ Aria knew why but] ...I guess it's because I'm not really under the military like you. So I have to prove their training works. Or something.

[ ...

Oria frowns as he quietly takes a sip of his beverage. ]

Geroy?

...yeah. Because I'm 'broken'.

[He pushes his fries around with his fork. Hah.]

[ ...

Oria takes his own fork to steal one of Sinclair's fries. Not because of him wanting those fries, but to get Sinclair's attention. Don't give your fries attention!! ]

Do you think you are? I think you're just as human as the rest of us.

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