𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . .

𝑮𝒐 𝒐𝒏. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝑰'𝒎 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘁 .

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

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𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘
𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎.

"𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘸,
𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘥 𝘣𝘦...𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥."

[║▌ 𝐓𝐻𝐄 𝐿𝒪𝓓𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝑅. △ @DestrezaRx]

— 𝒮𝒜𝐼𝐿𝐼𝒩𝒢 𝒯𝐻𝑅𝒪𝒰𝒢𝐻 𝒮𝒜𝒩𝒟𝒮 ▄▀▄▀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚁𝙽𝚂
⠀⠀◣ 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭����𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐧𝐞 ◥

[﹡𝒔𝒂 ┄ ᴵ𝖓〆𝐞͟𝐬𝖘 𓈒 @ofgildedstrings]

ᅠ

ᅠᅠ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆𝐒𝐔𝐅���𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐍𝐃⋆⋅☆⋅⋆

ᅠ

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

No, I'm not participating in the Sunday activities.

I don't strip for just anyone.

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

@IamWarborn 12. His naivety that it can be reality.

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

// Wait are we stealing things now, awesome

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

@IamWarborn 6. She doesn't find him unattractive.
7. No, she's built up too much tolerance to be disgusted by much of anything.
8. For the hell of it, yes.
9. No, they're not that close.
10. Of course, she is her, after all.
11. His drive to see all his friends happy.

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

@Thorns4uyg 12. Her least favorite thing is how lacking he is with many other things.

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

@Thorns4uyg 6. Physically? Yes, a little. But his personality's a little off for her.
7. No.
8. She'd give it a shot, if the opportunity presented itself.
9. To fluster him? Yes, but only if the moment's right.
10. She'd betray anyone.
11. His intelligence about many things, but...

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

There is nothing that infuriates me more than learned helplessness.

Obviously, this is a much lower stakes, lesser version of that concept. But you've been taught, through failure and by others, that you can't cook, and that'll never change.

Bollocks. We're changing it now.

[𓆩𖣂𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖘𖣂𓆪 @Thorns4uyg]

"Spaguetti is simple enough, on it."

Thorns moved to get a packet of them into a pot filled with water to boil while he started to chip tomatoes

"Im curious why you want to help me with this.."

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

Arknights Account for those who wanna add me.

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

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𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘
𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎.

"𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘸,
𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘥 𝘣𝘦...𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥."

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

Whatever you're most confident in. And if you're not confident in anything, start simple.

[𓆩𖣂𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖘𖣂𓆪 @Thorns4uyg]

".. Really? You want- ok, let's go to the kitchen."

While he seems taken aback by her, they both go to the kitchen, He rolls up his sleeves upon arrival.

"Anything you may like..? Something simple perhaps..?"

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

At that point, it stops being purely instant noodles and starts becoming a home-cooked dish.

Instant noodles are where my problem lies.

[𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔻𝕠𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣 (Chapter 17 Spoilers!) @id_oblitus]

Hey now! With how busy I get sometimes, I don’t really have a choice…. It’s quick, cheap, and tatses pretty alright!

Even better if you add a little bit of meat… veggies… an egg here or there…

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

Alright, then I'll supervise.

[ She seems weirdly insistent on this, doesn't she? ]

[𓆩𖣂𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖘𖣂𓆪 @Thorns4uyg]

"I appreciate the offer, but I'm not allowed to cook unsupervised."

He rubbed the back of his neck, looking a little embarrassed.

"Even if i were to boil water, i can't do it by myself, Kal'tsits orders.."

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

I'm not even going to inquire further about what exactly you did wrong to send the Liberi to the infirmary, it's clearly a sore subject.

Cook a meal, any meal. Give it to me. I'll eat it, and judge it.

I've literally been trained to survive off nothing and endure through pain.

[𓆩𖣂𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖘𖣂𓆪 @Thorns4uyg]

"I know about failures. I'm.. a bit, uneasy of cooking alone. Last time i sent Elysium to the infirmary with a meal i made him.."

Now his voice is a little low, he seems to be very sad about that.

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

In a pinch...?

Do you think I don't notice how often you eat it? You don't even need to be trained as a spy to see that.

[𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔻𝕠𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣 (Chapter 17 Spoilers!) @id_oblitus]

I think it’s good… in a pinch…

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

And you will never learn how to cook if you keep relying on the crutch of instant noodles.

You're not going to ace it on the first try. That's why learning is a path paced with failures.

[𓆩𖣂𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖘𖣂𓆪 @Thorns4uyg]

"In all fairness some of us don't have the luxury to know how to cook, i can barely make an omelette.. needed help last time i tried to make something."

The kitchen blew up that time.

[𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 . . . @DUBLINNISMS]

They utterly despise me because I dare utter nothing but the pure, unfettered truth.

[𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔻𝕠𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣 (Chapter 17 Spoilers!) @id_oblitus]

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