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[A long way, so, maybe a few months until Farah brings it up again and they all laugh about it? Gotcha. Likewise Farah also enjoys spending time with Sonia, and of all of her friends she's glad it was Sonia she ended up messing up the mistletoe with. It could have gone a lot worse if it were someone else.]

I'm sure there's going to be someone around here who would like them as sweet as you do. [Ah yes, the sweet taste of cavities. But wait, making it better than her?] Oh I didn't mean it like that and you know it!

[Of course she is joking, but Farah huffs a little and turns her head for a moment... Before looking back with a smile.]

You've not had anything with more peppermint in before coming over, right?

[Joking right back! It's fun to think back a few months to when they first met to now. Here she's got Sonia joking around with her and sharing treats. It reminds her of home and her friends there, and how people can change and warm.]

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Hm, perhaps... [The great thing about his avatar is that cavities are never something he would have to worry about. He could eat as many sweets as he wants to without consequences! For a split second, when Farah has her head turned away, Sonia smirks at her reaction before she turns back to a hard line-face.]

I might've had one.

[Just normal peppermint, no added emotional aftereffect or anything. Otherwise, this would've been a different visit.

But Sonia's definitely changed from how she used to be before. Well, she's still the sort of expressionless and serious being that she normally is, but her experience and the people she met contributed to making her lighten up here. It's a bit easier to warm up to people now. Watch as this progress regress a bit later. Farah helped too, by virtue of being around her too much. Even when their personalities are polar opposites of each other, Farah is somehow easy to get along with.

She looks back down to her cookies, tilting her head in thoughts.]

Do you think I should add emotions to my baking next time? I believe... it might strengthen the taste, somewhat. [...Actually--] Have you tried to do that with your cooking here?

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[Oh the line-face gets a laugh from her. She was stuck wondering if Sonia would joke back or line at her and it looks like the more usual Sonia won out this time.

It's good seeing her more lighthearted. Sure there's still that lack of expression there and the serious personality that comes with it, but that's just Sonia right there. It would be too much if she suddenly became some bouncy, over the top soul. Surely Sonia will be this level of lighthearted for ever and nothing world destroying will change this.]

I haven't, not yet. I know plenty of places that do use emotions in their cooking but I've never done it myself. [Though when she thinks on it some more...] It might be fun to try sometime, intentionally. I've cooked a few times and felt more motivated after eating, like I'm full of energy, so maybe sometimes my emotions make it through without thinking. But...

[She smiles, though it's subdued. Definitely not the usual kind of bright and happy smiles Farah goes for.]

When I cook I want people to feel happy because of the work and effort I put in to make a meal, not the emotions they end up getting out of it. Hopefully that doesn't sound too silly.

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[Better treasure this lighthearted moment before she goes back to her usual cold-self that needs to be melted again.

As Sonia listens to Farah, she considers the possibilities her own emotions could do to change up the aftertaste her own cooking. ... Most of them would probably come out cold. But when she notices that the smile on Farah's face doesn't carry the usual cheers and brightness, she frowns a little, expression turning slightly serious. She looks away for a moment to think over what Farah just said.]

I don't think it sounds silly. In fact, I think it's... admirable that you want to done it through hard work and effort rather than forcing them to feel a certain way.

[...]

I'm sure... your cooking could easily put a smile on people's faces, Farah. Without needing to infuse them with positive emotions.

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[She'll try and enjoy the moment and not kill the mood, you can be dead certain of that.

That's reassuring to hear, all of it. That it's admirable and that her cooking could make others smile. While part of her does still think it might be a little silly, after all in a world of emotions like this using them in anything is fairly common. But putting in effort to make people smile with her own abilities is so much more rewarding.]

Thank you. I've always been able to make my friends smile back home with what I make, so being here shouldn't change that. Unless I try something new and way over season something, or use some strange ingredient for the first time anyway.

[There, that sounds a little more lighthearted at the end a bit more like Farah's usual self.]

Some days I miss that feeling of cooking for everyone like that. Or even just eating whatever was made by who was cooking that day. We were all together. [Whoops, she's getting a bit sappy. And she knows it.] Sorry, now I'm getting off topic.

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[It's definitely rewarding to make people smile with one's own abilities and efforts. A feeling Sonia herself had come to know, after seeing the positive reaction she'd gotten from her friends after trying out her malformed cookies. After seeing Farah's back to her usual self, she follows along with her own lightheartedness.]

If you like someone to try out your new dishes, I could act as a tester. I'm sure whatever you do would end up tasting good even if you used some questionable ingredient.

[When Farah's getting all sentimental, Sonia tilts her head a little. Then, after a short pause:]

If... you like to talk about your friends back home, I'm here.

[It's an invitation.]

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Really? Well I wouldn't mind having my own personal taste tester to run dishes by. You wouldn't have to try anything too crazy... Nothing that will make you sick anyway.

[Sometimes it's fun to get adventurous in the kitchen okay. Throwing spices around and trying new things is exciting in its own way. So really, despite the half kidding response, she might well take Sonia up on that offer sometime... As well as that invitation to talk about her friends.

Farah looks thoughtful for a moment, taking another sip of tea before going on.]

Have I ever told you about Reid before? Or Meredy, Keele? They were the friends I was traveling with back home before coming here.

[It's not often she gets to talk about her friends like this, even though she finds herself thinking about them plenty.]

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I'll hold you to that.

[He doubts he would get sick from trying out new food anyway. Sonia is still his solid hologram- the only sense in effect is the taste. But hey, it's still nice to know she won't try out something new that could potentially make people ill, even though she already trust her not to.

Reid, Meredy, or Keele... Sonia closes her eyes, expression in a thoughtful frown, as she tries to recall any moment where Farah brought up her friends.]

I don't believe you did. [Or at least her friends might've been mentioned in passing before but never in detail.] Tell me more about them.

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[Excellent, Farah can go full on crazy with her cooking and she won't have to worry. Bless you Soundwave. There won't be anything too "adventurous" honest.]

Well, Reid and Keele have both been my friends ever since we were kids. We grew up together, went on adventures... We lost contact when we got older, Keele went off to university, but we all got to see each other again when Meredy arrived.

[She's missing a lot out intentionally, particularly as she jumps from being kids to suddenly whoops someone moved away. But there's... Nothing positive to say there, so why bring up what happened in that gap.]

She's from the world above us, Celestia! She crashed down in her flying craft and Reid and I couldn't understand a word she was saying. So of course we had to figure out some way we could talk to her. [Who would just leave some foreigner that crashed down from the sky, really.]

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[Hard not to notice the sudden gap. That earns a bit of a raised eyebrow. Perhaps it's irrelevant enough information that Farah sees no reason to share it. Or perhaps it's something else entirely. She can't tell what it's about. Well, she can, but mind reading is rude. Either way, she doesn't prod Farah about the in-between.]

That's nice... That you're able to reconnect with a friend again.

[It makes her wish that she's able to reconnect with her own friends back home, but this isn't about her right now. She grabs herself a cookie.]

How did you figure out to talk to this Meredy person?

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[That raised eyebrow goes unnoticed... Or more like Farah notices the change in her friend's expression and chooses to move on, staring down at her drink instead as if that's more interesting.]

We took her to see Keele where he was studying in a few towns over. He's always been the smart one when it comes to figuring things out so he seemed like a good bet. He knew what language she was speaking and from there we were able to figure out what she had come to Inferia for.

[It wasn't good news that's for sure, yet weirdly Farah doesn't seem at all down or concerned about what she has to say. If anything she seems happy staring down at her cup.]

She told us Inferia. Celestia. BOOM... And you can't just hear something like that and not want to do something, right?

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[Wow, Farah. Is your drink more interesting to stare at than your friend's cute face? Rude...

Well okay, Sonia's not at all offended by that. Merely curious to listen more to her story and therefore learn more about her background. It takes her almost half a minute to decipher exactly what Farah just said there. "Inferia. Celestia. BOOM"?]

... Ah

[Sonia's frown deepens at the realization. It's... really odd, however, to see Farah's just smiling though. Perhaps everything worked out in the end.]

I suppose not. I assume you and your friends did something about that then?