=== Jade & Bunet ===
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[Jade] 兜あり 1


[Jade] 兜あり
...
[Bunet]
Jade? What are you doing?
[Jade] 兜あり
Practicing mindfulness.
[Bunet]
Ah... I heard a rumor that you deal with stress
by meditating in your armor. Seems it was true.
[Jade] 兜あり
Did you need help with something?
[Bunet]
It's just that you look so appetizing.
[Jade] 兜あり
Excuse me?
[Bunet]
Your armor-clad stillness─it calls to mind one
of my favorite dishes.
[Bunet]
You take a crabshell, stuff it with vegetables,
meats, and rice, and stew it for three days.
[Bunet]
Oh... I'm getting hungry.
[Jade] 兜あり
You're making it difficult to meditate, Bunet.
[Bunet]
Aw, I can almost taste them...
[Bunet]
Those hearty bites of sumptuous stuffed crab...
[Jade] 兜あり
Please go away, Bunet.
[Bunet]
Oh, was I bothering you? Farewell, then.
[Bunet]
[Jade] 兜あり
...
[Jade] 兜あり
Now I'm getting hungry.
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[Bunet]
Good news, Jade. I am going to treat you to
that stuffed crab stew we discussed.
[Jade]
I don't recall any such discussion.
[Bunet]
"Jade's Repose." That would be a good name
for it, don't you think?
[Jade]
Oh. Right. I remember now.
[Jade]
You kept talking at me while I meditated inside
my armor. Then you compared me to seafood.
[Jade]
It involved something like...cramming different
ingredients into crab shells.
[Bunet]
Yes, yes. Anyway, that armor of yours...
May I have a lick?
[Jade]
This conversation is over.
[Bunet]
Your armor may prove to be an interesting
substitute for a crab shell. So much room...
[Bunet]
At what heat does one stew metal, I wonder?
[Jade]
You're not getting anywhere near my armor.
[Jade]
You're also...very obviously not listening to me.
[Bunet]
Come again? Oh, yes. Sorry.
[Jade]
I will admit, this chat is making me very hungry.
Are you going to cook that stew or not?
[Bunet]
Yes, of course. Nothing is finer than sharing a
meal with a friend.
[Jade]
Yes, as long as that's all this arrangement is─a
friend sampling the cooking of another friend.
[Bunet]
Good. Then I will get cooking.
[Bunet]
But first, just a quick taste of that armor...
[Jade]
No!
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[Jade]
Bunet, do you have a spare moment?
[Bunet]
Ah, Jade. I do.
[Bunet]
Is that a flower I smell?
[Jade]
I wanted to thank you for cooking that delicious
meal the other day. This flower is for you.
[Bunet]
For me?
[Bunet]
I'm touched. Would you be offended if I took
a little nibble from one of the petals?
[Jade]
You want to know what flowers from a friend
taste like, right?
[Bunet]
I didn't realize you had taken up mind reading.
[Jade]
I've experienced enough of your habits to
detect a pattern.
[Bunet]
I see. Well, understanding cuts both ways.
[Bunet]
Here. Look.
[Jade]
Wow. This food looks amazing. Why did you
prepare all of this?
[Bunet]
I anticipated that you might come thank me.
[Bunet]
In preparation, I went ahead and made this
modest feast for you.
[Jade]
Thank you, Bunet.
[Jade]
Is this our dynamic now? Thanking each other
back and forth through polite gestures?
[Bunet]
Strong friendships have been built on less.
[Jade]
I suppose it does offer a reliable framework...
with defined boundaries.
[Bunet]
Agreed. Now that that's settled, I'll just...
[Jade]
Touch my armor and you're a dead man.
[Bunet]
Heh. Fair enough.
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