murder at disneyland!! ok no not really ... well maybe

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Blow up-- do ovens do that often?

[because y i k e s]

[zerotohiro]

Only if they're not built right or you overheat them. [Or if you're Hiro, I guess.]

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[Definitely if you're Hiro.]

Cooking things over a fire seems a lot simpler.

[zerotohiro]

Simpler but also less effective. You can't always tell the temperature of what you're cooking over an open flame, can you?

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I don't know. I don't really cook.

[like... understatement of the century.]

[zerotohiro]

...how is it that I know how to cook and you don't? [Microwave meals maybe don't count but whatever.]

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Your aunt is a chef!

[And her aunt is. ... Dead. Okay, she's not getting into that.]

It's in your blood!

[zerotohiro]

I don't think that's how that works.

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But isn't that why the child of a blacksmith will usually end up becoming a blacksmith?

[no yona it's because usually they don't get other opportunities]

[zerotohiro]

...I don't know. I've never met a blacksmith. I don't think Varian counts either.

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Oh... I always figured that's what it was so I never really thought about it much before.

[in other words, she's just stupid]

[zerotohiro]

Well no, by that logic that would also mean Varian would turn into a rock because of his dad? [No it wouldn't, and stop bringing up Varian.] The only time that's really always true is, well, with royalty.

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...oh.

[Well. That sure explains why she thought that, at least.]

Um, well, anyway. You should teach me to cook! And if there's things we can't figure out on our own we can ask your aunt for help.

[zerotohiro]

[That at least gets his attention and he pauses to give her a critical, examining look.]

You really want to learn? I can teach you a lot to get you started, but it's not going to be easy.

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Yes!

[She says this immediately and eagerly.]

I can't just keep relying on your aunt to keep me fed forever. Even if she is really good at cooking. I should learn to do it for myself!

[zerotohiro]

True. You know she doesn't mind though. [He gestures for her to follow. Let's go out of the fake kitchen and to the fake living room.] What's your favorite thing to eat anyway? I don't think I've ever asked.

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That's part of why I want to learn. When it's her birthday, I want to make her something! You'll help me, right?

[She also plans to make Hiro something for his birthday, but that's a surprise.]

...oh, um. It's chicken rice porridge. Have you ever had it before?

[zerotohiro]

Of course I will. She'd really like that, I think. [But he pauses because. No. What the hell is that?]

Noooot that I can think of. What is it? [Porridge is what bears eat in Hiro's little fairytale brain and he's trying to piece this all together.]

1/2

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Great! ...when is her birthday, anyway?

[Yona should, uh, probably learn that.

Also Hiro please.]

It's kind of like a soup, but thicker, and it has chicken and scallions in it. My father--

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[Her expression falters for a moment, but then she smiles.]

...my father made it for me once, when I got sick. He was a terrible cook.

[zerotohiro]

You have time, it's not until June. [...ah. He notices the falter and he wonders what that's about.] ...your dad's like a king though, right? It's kind of cool that he tried.

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Yes.

[She doesn't say much more about it, though. She's avoided talking about her father too much since coming for a visit, so... that's pretty much normal at this point.

Anyway. There's a little bit of silence and it feels awkward, so she's just going to change the subject.]

--okay, which part of the house of the future should we go see next?

[zerotohiro]

Hmm...we have the living room and the bedroom and bathroom left. I'm not even sure what is in the bathroom of the future? It sounds kind of weird.

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Would it have flying toilets or something? ...wait, that wouldn't work.

[where would it all.. go... she's just not going to think about that]

Ooh, but maybe they'll have baths that are like hot springs! Let's go look at them.

[zerotohiro]

Wouldn't that just be an outdoor bath? [Guess they're heading that way. Unfortunately it's just beautiful light fixtures and waterfall showers, but they tried their best.]