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It'll be a couple of hours, at least.

[ She wants to see how Lewin's doing, shove something to eat at him, give the housekeeper a call -- ]

I'll call you when I'm on my way. How's that sound?

Sure! That's good enough by me.

I'll talk to you soon, then.

[ Give her a couple of hours and true to her word, Konoha's device will be ringing again. ]

Miss Setsura?

[Judging by the background noises... she might be rummaging in that storehouse she mentioned.]

Are you on your way? I can meet you at the house!

[ There's the sound of everyday suburban life on this end. Someone is definitely on the move. ]

I am. It shouldn't take me too long to get there. It doesn't look like the foot traffic is too bad today. I didn't catch you at a bad time, did I?

Not at all! Just digging through the storehouse!

I’ll see you soon, then!

[And as promised... there’s a certain lady centaur of the house waiting out front when Setsura makes her way there, ready with a wave once she spots the other woman coming.

Are those sacks of potatoes piled up by the door? Yes they are.]

[ Surely Konoha has seen one of those combination bow-waves before? If not, she's in for a treat because that is what Setsura is executing in greeting as she approaches. Are those... whole sacks of potatoes piled by the door? She brightens, beams even. ]

Good afternoon, Konoha-san. I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long!

[Bow-waving is just efficient! Konoha’s wave amount has increased a lot since coming to Lunatia, since it would surely be seen as disrespectful to anyone of higher rank than her... and outside the lumber yard where she’d clawed her way to foreman, most everyone was a higher rank than a peasant jinba.

But here people liked it a lot, and she’d grown to as well- though a bow still follows.]

Not at all! There’s always something to do to keep your hands busy on a farm.

[Going to the sacks, she pulls one potato from two different sources, coming up with one vibrant Japanese potato and one more Western spud, holding them up with a purse of lips.]

I wasn’t sure which type of potato you wanted, though... I’m used to these but some people like these pale ones...

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[ Always something to do on a farm, hm? If that isn't true. Upon seeing those different potatoes, though, she pauses and cants her head to the side. Well, that's... ]

I'm used to that one, too, for the most part.

[ She points at that vibrant Japanese potato. ]

But for that particular dish, it's probably this one.

[ Fries. She's thinking fries because Lewin really likes fries and whatever else she's got going on in her head about him, she does like doing little things that make him happy. She points at the Western spud only to pause, thinking. ]

Maybe I should try both. I'm sure I can definitely make some delicious things with them in either case.

[ And... she can do a trial run? See what sort of fries Lewin prefers, what else she can do with them in some other things. ]

[Konoha holds up each potato when it’s pointed to as if it might have just won something, but in the end... both is a good answer? She likes both!]

What particular dish?

[She can’t help but ask out of sheer curiosity though, even as she turns to put the potatoes back in their respective sacks.]

I’ve definitely eaten some really good new things here I just never thought to do at home....

French fries. Have you ever tried them?

[ If Konoha hasn't, well, Setsura will just have to fix that. Since she's giving her a good deal, she certainly doesn't mind the idea. ]

[French fries... French fries... It sounds so familiar that Konoha has to wrack her brain a moment, sure she’s heard it before...]

Oh!

[With a little moment of eureka, she straightens up sans potatoes to gesture with her hands.]

Are those the, um... the potatoes that are fried in salty little sticks?

Yes, that's right.

[ She nods. ]

There are lots of different ways to make and prepare them, too. You can even have them straight or curly, but curly fries are very different from regular fries. Some people also like them better if you leave the skin on them.

[Everything Konoha feels is dreadfully obvious on her face and body... including the little fist pump of victory that she got it right. Look, it wasn't a guarantee, she's learned so many crazy new foods since she left her village.]

Those are really tasty! Especially when they're nice and hot...

[Her hands move to her cheeks as a touch of pink blossoms there when she actually remembers the first time she'd tried the salty snack, basking happily for a second in the memory before- focus, Konoha!]

How do you make them curl?

[While she asks, though, she gets back to business, beginning to gather up one bushel of each type of potato.]

And- how big?

[Sack wise.]

Is there a medium sized sack? I'm probably going to do a lot of trials.

[ Straight fries, curly fries, skin off, on, work out the proper amount of salt in seasoning. She wants to get them just right. ]

As for how to curl them, that took me a minute to figure out. There are special instruments you can use back home to cut the potatoes that way from the beginning. I had to improvise here.

[ Is she saying she has legit invented a device to cut potatoes into curly fries to make this man happy? She is. ]

Medium... Hmm, hmm...

[Konoha sorts through her storehouse finds, coming up with a shopping bag-sized burlack sack, stuffing it with half of each type of potato.]

Oh, like the peelers! Those are so useful...

[Used to having to peel all her vegetables with just a knife, yes, Konoha is very impressed by potato peelers. Now there are special potato peelers? Amazing!]

Here!

[Stuffing done, Konoha holds out the sack with a grin, happy to see someone make (romantic?) use of them.]

Like those, yes, but a little bit different. I'll have to show you sometime.

[ Proud of her little invention? A bit, yes, and she's very grateful to receive that sack, accepting it properly with both hands and an appreciative bow. ]

Thank you, Konoha-san. I really do appreciate it.

[ And she'll definitely make good use of them. Lewin likes simple, but even simple can have a grade and she's going to aim for the sort of simple perfection that inspires happiness because... well, she likes making him happy. Her smile tugs wide. ]

How should I...?

[ Pay her. There's an app or something, right? ]

Oh, right- That'll be...

[As if preparing for the transfer of funds, (something she'd had to study to learn how to do, all this technology!), Konoha reaches into the pouch on her harness to start pulling out her network device...

Only to instead spread her hands wide and wave them a little, grinning.]

No charge!

[Her expression makes it very clear that she thinks she has just very cleverly tricked the other woman, very "are you surprised? aren't you so surprised!", having fun with a little clap.]

The first batch is on the house!

[How could she charge after what Setsura had tried to do for her when Gonta was missing? She couldn't, that's what!]

[ She has cleverly done something where it concerns Setsura because her expression is one of clear surprise and oddly bird-like in tilt as though she has, in fact, just been caught offguard somehow just now. She holds that expression for a solid moment, blinking. ]

Konoha-san, I can't accept this.

[ Not for free. Definitely not for free, she can't. She's... really bad at accepting gifts even after seven decades and if it's free, that means she's opened up to debt and she's allergic to debt?? ]

The price you quoted me is already generous. At least let me pay that.

[Setsura says she can’t, but Konoha is already holding her hands palms out to refuse even the hint of an attempt to return the potatoes, shaking her head with a smile.]

I never paid you for what you did during that awful Geistnacht... we didn’t even know each other and you still took the time to come out here and try to find my husband.

[Her smile is sincere and grateful, once she stops shaking her head and finally just fixes the other woman with a look.]

So... at least let me give you these.

[She was the one with the debt to pay.]

[ Setsura thinks she understands where Konoha is coming from, but it's still a difficult thing. She regards her quietly for a moment. ]

Is this an amendment, then? You realize I didn't satisfy the original terms of our agreement.

[ And admitting that more than stings. There's no backlash, nothing branding her flesh with lasting effect. There wasn't at the time of that failing because they hadn't formally drawn a proper contract in any capacity, but she feels the weight of it even now. She finds Gonta, then Konoha reciprocates with Chroma or a meal -- a "donation," she'd said. It had been simple, informal compared to the contracts she usually deals in as a Hand, but then, she hadn't been working in any taxable capacity, not as a Hand in any official capacity. Konoha owes her nothing, not even the tiniest shred of kindness, and she had had her reasons. She always does. ]

As you said, it was my choice.

Mmm, maybe... but it turned out in the end that no one could really get Gonta back but me...

[After all, it hadn't been a ritual or a spiritualist who was needed to bring the lost back, in the end, it had been... moonlacing. And, alright, the moonlacing partner didn't have to be their partners...]

Or, well, the only one who should bring him back was me...

[But as grateful as she would have been to anyone who brought Gonta back to the land of the physical, she really doesn't like imagining him with other people! ... N- Not that she's jealous, but!

She just waves her hands again to try and get Setsura to take the potatoes, red-faced.]

So it's an amendment! He said that he felt drawn back to here, and that might have been Setsura's doing, so!

[ She listens quietly, considering Konoha's words. She remembers very well what it took to restore those stolen from the material plane. Moonlacing, of course, because everything, everything in this realm comes back to Chroma. She doesn't believe that last line of Konoha's, but that this is an amendment is... something she can accept, she thinks. ]

In that case, [ and she pauses and reaches to accept the potatoes from the much taller woman with both hands ] I'll gladly accept these amended terms and these potatoes.

[Whether she truly believes her or not... Konoha is just glad that the other woman accepts, gently placing the sack in her hands with a smile.]

Great! Business concluded.

[Which meant that from now...]

So from now on... I'm a friend, not a customer, right?

[How could anyone say no to that face?]

A friend that will charge you for potatoes next time.

[... at a discount.]

When you put it like that, how can I refuse?

[ She offers an easy shrug with that, potatoes held in hand, and the smile that accompanies the motion is honest. That Konoha should be so earnest is... well, it's a little on the refreshing side of things as much as that sort of person historically tends to see her worry a bit, but this is fine, she thinks. ]

A friend that will charge me for potatoes next time.

[ She nods firmly, then. They're agreed. ]

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