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I guess it wouldn't be you if at least some fussing wasn't involved.

[Come on, that's a little harsh. Almost as harsh as being in the kitchen and knowing nothing is going to taste like anything. There has to be something he can do to help.]

You could wear some nice hairpiece. You have those, right?

You like spicy things, right? You can still feel the burn and smell it.

[ A hair piece... huh.... ]

Right. Without spicy things, I think I'd be going insane.

[...Elda is a mindreader. She reads minds. ...Does this mean that she's making something good and hot?]

I've been subsisting on aroma and texture. [ And... I mean, she's English, you've had her food. It's already ruined. But by the same token, being English...

... She does know how to make curry. She opens a pot to show one she's had going for a while. ]

I made it hotter than usual.

[...He doesn't respond immediately, instead taking a nice long moment to take in the smell. He wants to do more than just smell it- of all the things they could have taken away, why did it have to be taste, leave the senses alone- but that's significantly more appetizing than a tasteless dish has any right to be.]

I'm sorry I ever doubted you.

This is also one of grandma's recipes! Modified, of course! She learned it from some Indian gentleman back in her day!

[ SEE.

ISN'T HER GRANDM GREAT??? ]

...Do you know how to make anything that isn't one of grandma's recipes?

[...Look, he's just curious, it's just a question-]

Yes...?

[ :T

:T !! ]

I'm just asking. You're really into the family recipes, so I thought you might swear by them and only them.

[He opens his mouth to say more- not that there's anything wrong with her cooking of course- then rapidly decides against it before he says something really bad.]

... No, I know how to make my own things. Hell, you've had them many times before now, especially back when you lived here! Usually I only break out grandma's recipes for important times.

[ She shakes her head, brushing back some hair and... ]

Do you remember that breaded chicken I used to make? That's an original to me.

[Breaded chicken... How is he supposed to remember a detail like that? He frowns for a moment as he tries to recall it...]

Why don't you refresh my memory? ...When we can taste things again.

I'd love to!

[ Even if she's a little sad he can't recall it now...

Oh well.

Have some extra spicy curry. ]

[...This smells really good. Assaults his nose with spice. He calmly starts shoveling it down like it isn't intended to burn his tongue or esophagus in the process.]

Hey Elda, could I ask you something?

Of course!

[ . . . She's his mom.... mom, ehehhee - right? ]

...Your family, the one in your memories. Could you describe them to me?

[...]

In appearance. I want to sketch them out more so I'll know them when I meet them.

[Yup. Nailed it. Perfect.]

[ Oh... that's. Mmm. ]

I... alright.

[ INHALE. ]

The easiest to describe is actually my granddaughter. Err- her's, I mean. Her name's Karin, and she's the spitting image of me, looks petty much identical other than the fact she's much more curvy.

Edited (oh my god kill me cam) 2017-12-11 19:55 (UTC)

[Uh-huh, uh-huh--

He pauses what he's eating for a moment to stare right at Elda.]

She's you with a chest?

[Regret will come later, for now he just blurts it out. Do genetics really work like that?]

... [ . . .

She gives him a look of really? ]

... She's also a little rounder in general. But yes, that's the big thing. We've got basically the same face ship and the same big eyes.

[...Look at how much curry he's stuffing in his face. Wow. This sure is great.]

Are hers red and spooky too?

No, hers are closer to a dark brown color, actually. And her hair's a darker shade of purple.

[ ... Spooky, really? She - she shifts to catlike and ]

... Did I do it? I've been trying to work it out.

[...Whoa. He stops eating for a moment to get a closer look now that Elda's doing it and isn't, you know... Super pissed.]

You managed it.

It's a matter of tension.

[ Exhale and the eyes go back to normal. ]

[No wonder why her eyes do that all the time.

Don't... Don't say that, don't-]

Have you gotten anything else strange, like a third eye that can see into the future?

[ Her gaze falls a little and- ]

Nothing that absurd. But I can... erase memories.

[...Oh yeah sure that's cool that makes-]

How did you figure that one out?

[It's Elda, and he's not too worried about Elda having an ability like that, but out of all of the ones he's heard, that's definitely one of the freakier ones.]

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