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[ he's not really surprised to come home to an empty house, even on a saturday. he doesn't even need to call riku to know where he is; instead, he rolls his eyes to the ceiling in a long-suffering manner as he moves over the kitchen table to set the costco-bought cookies for riku's monday class. then he goes about his usual rituals: checking the fridge, making a note on the portable white-board on what they need to go shopping for, pouring himself a bowl of cereal & peeking in the bathroom to check on the ducks.

he spends a good ten minutes petting them (quack, quack) before he remembers the cereal -- now soggy. but he eats it anyway, slipping on his reading glasses to flip through the latest science journal that sora had received a free subscription while tucked into the corner of the couch, waiting for riku to get home. ]

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Even in a hundred years?

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Even after thousands.

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I wonder what the world'll be like then. [ wanders off to grab a large pot, pushing the vegetables he's chopped into it after he returns. ] It's kind of strange to think about.

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Don't bother. You'll be there to see it instead.

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We've been promised flying cars for centuries. I want my flying cars.

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Wait another few. We should be able to buy three flying cars with the interest on your salaries from the banks.

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I doubt we'll need three. Two is more than enough.

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What's wrong with an extra?

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It would get no exercise. [ pauses. slowly grins. ] Unless you're planning ahead.

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Or the detail that we don't have them buy them all at once.

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That's not what I meant.

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[ blinks. ]

. . . What did you mean?

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I'll let you figure it out for yourself.

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You won't even give me a hint?

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No. It's less fun that way.

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I'll forget.

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[ shrugs, placing the pot onto the stove when everything is chopped & ready. ]

That's fine.

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[ peers at the pot. ]

What are you making?

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Gruel, Your Highness.

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But we didn't have enough for Gruel.

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So says the person who still doesn't know how to cook.

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But I pay attention to groceries.

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But you're unaware of what could be used in place of what we lack.

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Ingredients tend to be specific for a reason.

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Things become boring and mundane if you don't experiment.