3 AM we seemed alright, on our way into the mingle

[shoujoreject]

Who: SS Caprine + visitors!
Broadcast: Maybe
Action: The Caprine (duh)
When: All month long

[Friends! Ships! Friendships! ... other ships? Maybe!]

Comments

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I'm amazed. More salty than the real thing?

[Curiously, he reaches out to take one of the strips and dip to test it. If it's not too bad, he might be able to fix it... though sometimes, there's so much salt overkill that it's impossible.]

[forcesensitive]

[Finn shrugs.]

Beats me. I never had "the real thing".

[...It's actually less salty than real cured bacon and aged cheddar would be.]

[shoujoreject]

[Finn pls. Qing blinks, chewing on the bacon. There's not the same crunch that he likes, but...]

Mm. It's actually not nearly that salty. A little closer to turkey bacon, but less salty than that, too.

[forcesensitive]

[Finn cocks his head to the side. What's turkey, precious?]

So is that good or bad?

[shoujoreject]

[Finn, we need to feed you real food. So much real food.]

I'd say it's good. It's not as greasy as real bacon, either. Some people would argue that defeats the purpose, but I'm not against fun and creativity.

[forcesensitive]

[He's not sure what grease has to do with fun and creativity, so Finn looks slightly baffled.]

There's a purpose to having greasy food?

[shoujoreject]

[FINN you need to be introduced to more sarcasm and joking.]

No, not really... well, if you ask Paula Deen, maybe. Grease - and oil - do make for good frying mediums, or at least they did back home.

[His smile blooms a little more and he shakes his head.]

Mostly it was a joke, though.

[forcesensitive]

[Yeah, not a huge thing in his upbringing; he was always the serious one on his fireteam.]

Oh! Oh, right.

Well, I never tried frying anything before. Messing with the different flavors and textures is as close as I get.

[shoujoreject]

Mm. I'll show you sometime, if we land on a planet with the option. It... takes a little bit of finesse, but a lot of dishes from home require it.

I steam all of our potstickers here, but they're really good fried, too.

[forcesensitive]

All right. [Because he'd at least enjoy tasting the difference, even if he can't cook worth a damn.]

Huh. Yeah, I'd like to try that. Anything else I ought to look out for, aside from real bacon?

[shoujoreject]

Pretty much anything, honestly. I'm not sure how many Earth-type foods they'll have in any one place.

I always found that if something sounded interesting to me, it was good to try. You find things you don't like, that way, but still.

[forcesensitive]

Sounds reasonable to me.

[He nods and takes another faux-bacon strip to munch on.]

Thanks.

[shoujoreject]

Of course. [He himself does the same, as... they're honestly quite good. More like turkey bacon in the less-salty side.]

It's the least I can do with how much you've been helping me learn about protecting myself, anyway.

[forcesensitive]

[Finn grins a little, taken aback.]

It's pretty much all I know, so it's not a big deal.

[shoujoreject]

Food and clothes are the same way for me, so.

[He's comfortable enough with Finn that he actually sticks his tongue out, at that.]

[forcesensitive]

[Okay, that's pretty adorable, and Finn laughs.]

I see what you mean.

[shoujoreject]

Mm. [He nods.]

I guess I am kind of overly grateful. I was raised that way, admittedly. But anyway, anytime you'd like to try something new, I'd be happy to make something for you.

[forcesensitive]

I think I'd like that.