Would you care for some more substantial fare? [Since their plate of small portions is nearly empty and it has doubtless been an extremely long day for him.] Most establishments in the city are sympathetic to the plight of newcomers, especially in matters of food and shelter.
[While he ponders the menu, Y'shtola can scan through all of her notes again, trying not to think of some few particularly heartrending ones.]
That is good to hear, and talking is hungry work. Is there aught you can recommend of the local cuisine?
[Y'shtola generally has good taste - aside from fish which they must agree to disagree about - and as she's been here a month that is surely enough time to start to get a sense of what's good and what's not in the place.]
They have a startling variety of seafood dishes, for an island with no water containing it.
[Y'shtola grins, this time. She was not lonely yesterday, or the weeks before, but there are several things to be said about the easy back-and-forth between old friends.]
I've partaken of a singularly comforting stew here in the past. Perhaps it shall catch your fancy.
[So of course the first thing she suggests is seafood - to which Thancred can only sigh and shake his head. Y'shtola please. The stew, however, sounds excellent.]
A good stew is always worth sampling. I will have that, then, and leave the judgement of the seafood to you. Or skyfood, if the fish are plucked from the air in the absence of seas.
[Though not particularly hungry, Y'shtola orders more of one particular item from their shared plate because she knows she ought to eat more than she has today; unless Thancred probes for information, she'll not say much until their new food orders arrive.]
I have been staying at the welcome center, but if our other friends and you agree, we may be able to share a larger residence. Of course, I'd not push such a decision too quickly onto anyone.
[Thancred contents himself with asking a few idle questions about the island's cuisine while the wait, and when it arrives, he remarks that it does indeed smell delectable. Only when she turns the conversation to living situations does he turn a trifle more serious again, nodding as he shifts a vegetable or two within the broth with his spoon.]
A shared house - if affordable - would certainly be convenient.
[They'd all find ways to make due without, of course, but there is a strong appeal to her proposal.]
'Twould be a sight better than four itinerants hoping to pass one another for breakfast.
[Not to mention the...emotional security, so to speak, of having one another nearby. Of knowing where each was likely to be at the end of a day, and thus when to alert the rest if someone did not return. If there was trouble. It is as easy for them to "go home" as it was to appear.]
A more consistent effort toward affordability would be necessary, but not without our reach, I should think.
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Date: 2017-09-04 01:12 am (UTC)[While he ponders the menu, Y'shtola can scan through all of her notes again, trying not to think of some few particularly heartrending ones.]
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Date: 2017-09-08 10:28 pm (UTC)That is good to hear, and talking is hungry work. Is there aught you can recommend of the local cuisine?
[Y'shtola generally has good taste - aside from fish which they must agree to disagree about - and as she's been here a month that is surely enough time to start to get a sense of what's good and what's not in the place.]
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Date: 2017-09-09 03:19 pm (UTC)[Y'shtola grins, this time. She was not lonely yesterday, or the weeks before, but there are several things to be said about the easy back-and-forth between old friends.]
I've partaken of a singularly comforting stew here in the past. Perhaps it shall catch your fancy.
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Date: 2017-09-18 09:08 pm (UTC)A good stew is always worth sampling. I will have that, then, and leave the judgement of the seafood to you. Or skyfood, if the fish are plucked from the air in the absence of seas.
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Date: 2017-09-19 12:19 am (UTC)I have been staying at the welcome center, but if our other friends and you agree, we may be able to share a larger residence. Of course, I'd not push such a decision too quickly onto anyone.
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Date: 2017-09-19 05:51 am (UTC)A shared house - if affordable - would certainly be convenient.
[They'd all find ways to make due without, of course, but there is a strong appeal to her proposal.]
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Date: 2017-09-19 04:11 pm (UTC)[Not to mention the...emotional security, so to speak, of having one another nearby. Of knowing where each was likely to be at the end of a day, and thus when to alert the rest if someone did not return. If there was trouble. It is as easy for them to "go home" as it was to appear.]
A more consistent effort toward affordability would be necessary, but not without our reach, I should think.