[ he hadn't realised that food would be included in this offer, too. maybe he should have, but it still catches him off guard, has him open and close his mouth once, twice. ]
it needn't be every night but cassian tends to make too much food for just the two of them already, too used to cooking for four maybe, for the various strays that jyn brings home. ]
He likes to cook.
[ for not the first time, jyn sets off walking, trusting larry and his long legs will follow and easily catch up. ]
Or you can take over my cooking nights. I just get take away usually.
[ she shrugs, easy and unashamed of her lack of ability in the kitchen. she can make toasted cheese and brownies but cooking is too... variable. "add salt to taste" infuriates her, she wants exact measurements, like a chemistry experiment. ]
[ and then whether he joins cassian sometimes or not can be up to cassian. that seems like a good solution. some way that larry can repay this, even if it'll never be enough. ]
[ walk walk walk, jyn still isn't the type of person who finds it necessary to fill silences with idly chatter but the walk isn't incredibly far before they reach the financial district. ]
I stole it, the apartment.
[ in case he starts to wonder how this gremlin can afford to live in all these opulent highrises. ]
There was this weird collective lucid dream, back when we first arrived. The city just like this but with monsters... [ so that was familiar at least ]
Daisy and I were hungry so we broke into someone's house and raided their pantry and I carved our names on the door. We wanted to see if anything we did actually meant something. [ they were just going to go back as see if the marks were still there! instead, ] When we woke up our names were on the lease.
[ oh. jyn's expression stutters. she was so caught up in the story of their grand caper she forgot for a brief, blissful moment, that the whole reason she had invited larry to stay with them was that daisy had vanished. ]
A friend. [ a puff of air like a sigh. friend doesn't cover it but she can't seem to form any other word. ] She's gone now.
[ her shoulders lift a shrug, as if she can brush it off. just going to shove it all under the bed with the rest of her familial abandonment issues and pretend it never happened. this is a tried and true (and stupid) coping mechanism. ]
Thanks. Promise I'm not always shit company. I'm very good at klaverjas.
Edited (jk i know what city they're in) 2020-08-25 05:23 (UTC)
We have a chessboard too, if you know how to play that.
[ larry has already agreed to stay with them so jyn doesn't know why she is still trying to entice him in some way, but the playful things in their house keep spilling out. ]
I've got a wee pet. He's called Piglet, he's this big. [ "this big" is demonstrated by the cupping of her hand. piglet fits in her hand. ] And there's a garden on the roof, you're welcome to it. I managed to get eight plots because most of the people we live with are so rich that getting their hands dirty would offend them. Maybe you could grow orchids. They're your favorite, aren't they?
[ he'd said he prefered them, back when they first met on his very first day in the city. ]
[ not a small stuffed pig best friends with a honey-obsessed bear, but jyn does eat honey out of the jar with a spoon so maybe he also is exactly that. ]
We went out past the wall when the EMP hit and I took him home. [ a beat. ] I thought he was dead, actually, but when I opened my bag he leapt out and tried to bite me.
[ she nods, almost absently, like she is reminding herself that yes, this is the correct answer. ]
He doesn't bite anymore since he's learned people have the food. His tree lives on my balcony now that it's warm, but he likes to be around people.
[ so there is often a teeny monkey sitting on the couch with them or perched on a shelf in the kitchen since he's not allowed on the countertops or leaping between all the plants jyn has accumulated in the apartment. ]
[ another nod, feeling settled. unlike cassian, jyn makes decisions based on her gut and despite her painful life, it hasn't led her astray yet. she doesn't want this to be a poor experience for larry either.
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Hey. Cassian is making fish, do you like fish?
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Sure. Yeah. Fish is nice.
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[ that satisfies her.
it needn't be every night but cassian tends to make too much food for just the two of them already, too used to cooking for four maybe, for the various strays that jyn brings home. ]
He likes to cook.
[ for not the first time, jyn sets off walking, trusting larry and his long legs will follow and easily catch up. ]
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[ there's an offer in there, maybe: to cook for her and cassian, to do something to repay them the kindness of taking him in.
but if cassian likes to cook, maybe he shouldn't impose. ]
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Maybe you can cook together?
[ shoves friendship at cassian. ]
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after a beat: ]
If he'd like.
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[ she shrugs, easy and unashamed of her lack of ability in the kitchen. she can make toasted cheese and brownies but cooking is too... variable. "add salt to taste" infuriates her, she wants exact measurements, like a chemistry experiment. ]
Whatever you lot want.
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[ and then whether he joins cassian sometimes or not can be up to cassian. that seems like a good solution. some way that larry can repay this, even if it'll never be enough. ]
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I stole it, the apartment.
[ in case he starts to wonder how this gremlin can afford to live in all these opulent highrises. ]
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How?
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Daisy and I were hungry so we broke into someone's house and raided their pantry and I carved our names on the door. We wanted to see if anything we did actually meant something. [ they were just going to go back as see if the marks were still there! instead, ] When we woke up our names were on the lease.
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[ that's a nice name. ]
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A friend. [ a puff of air like a sigh. friend doesn't cover it but she can't seem to form any other word. ] She's gone now.
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I'm sorry.
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Thanks. Promise I'm not always shit company. I'm very good at klaverjas.
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[ larry has no idea what that is, oops. but he definitely understands that particular coping mechanism. has used it more than once himself. ]
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[ she absolutely did but, you know, she has to defend herself from these LIES AND SLANDER. that she brought up... ]
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[ this is not very convincing, jyn!! but he won't say it ]
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[ larry has already agreed to stay with them so jyn doesn't know why she is still trying to entice him in some way, but the playful things in their house keep spilling out. ]
I've got a wee pet. He's called Piglet, he's this big. [ "this big" is demonstrated by the cupping of her hand. piglet fits in her hand. ] And there's a garden on the roof, you're welcome to it. I managed to get eight plots because most of the people we live with are so rich that getting their hands dirty would offend them. Maybe you could grow orchids. They're your favorite, aren't they?
[ he'd said he prefered them, back when they first met on his very first day in the city. ]
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she doesn't need to sell him on staying with them —he wants to. he shouldn't, but he does. and he has nowhere else to go. ]
I'd like that.
What kind of pet is Piglet?
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[ not a small stuffed pig best friends with a honey-obsessed bear, but jyn does eat honey out of the jar with a spoon so maybe he also is exactly that. ]
We went out past the wall when the EMP hit and I took him home. [ a beat. ] I thought he was dead, actually, but when I opened my bag he leapt out and tried to bite me.
[ and now he is her beloved pet. ]
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then: ]
A monkey?
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[ she nods, almost absently, like she is reminding herself that yes, this is the correct answer. ]
He doesn't bite anymore since he's learned people have the food. His tree lives on my balcony now that it's warm, but he likes to be around people.
[ so there is often a teeny monkey sitting on the couch with them or perched on a shelf in the kitchen since he's not allowed on the countertops or leaping between all the plants jyn has accumulated in the apartment. ]
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All right, then.
[ considerably less weird than exploding donkeys containing pocket dimensions still. ]
I'll try to make friends.
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[ another nod, feeling settled. unlike cassian, jyn makes decisions based on her gut and despite her painful life, it hasn't led her astray yet. she doesn't want this to be a poor experience for larry either.
he deserves nice things. ]
I hope you can feel at home.
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