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I suppose I could, you know, understand it. I've seen it happen with super heroes back home.

Someone having an idol complex for them?

Yeah, all the time. Billy had posters and figures of more than a few figurines. I wasn't quite the same sorta nerd.

I see. Must be rather interesting to consider, since they are not made people in your world, but real people. I would think it would strange to see an action figure of myself.

Really, it's the knock off ones of yourself that are the problem.

[He hated the way the hair looked on that one for him.]

[That did get a laugh]

Yeah, I guess it would. Knock-offs are always wrong so they can't get in trouble. So then you are looking at something that isn't quite you.

Tell me about it. They made my costume MAGENTA

[He couldn't help the laugh at that comment]

Sorry, sorry. Just trying to picture that. Would you like to come in? Have something to drink?

[Well that earns a smile.]

Yeah, I could do that. What you got to drink?

[He gestured for Tommy to enter]

Tea, coffee, beer, you know. The usual.

Coffee?

[Tommy perks up at that, and he slips through the door with a smirk. Speedsters, give them an inch, and they're suddenly several feet inside your space before you can blink.]

[Considering he had offered for him to come in, he wasn't going to complain about Tommy coming inside]

Yeah, I have some. I'll get it started.

Dude, have I told you that you're my literal hero here? Like, COFFEE.

At least not today. [Shiro said this with a chuckle before heading to make drinks] It may not be the best, but it is at least passable.

Well, I'm telling you today. ANy coffee is better than no coffee. And I'm mostly living on no coffee.

[Tea is the best he gets most days. This is something he needs to get himself more of.]

Well, then I'm glad I could help.

[As they get to the kitchen, he set about brewing the coffee. As there was no coffee machine per say, he had essentially created a french press to brew the coffee]

[Smart man, making that. Tommy didn't know what the hell to do so that he could get coffee. It was more important to keep the diner running, so he didn't do a lot for himself. Better to just, you know, provide for others and do the minimum for himself. It was better that way.]

Seems like you've adapted to random alien kidnapping well to make sure you could be comfortable.

Well, I've had practice at it and as far as random alien kidnappings go, this is not the worst possible option.

[With the water heating, he leaned back against the counter, trying not to watch as it would never boil that way]

I'd considered trying to plant some of the beans, see if we could actually get a crop of them, but I think by the time they are roasted, that isn't possible anymore.

At least you’ve got company this time? And coffee?

[He supposed he could get up and boil the water for Shiro, but nah, someone else is doing for him for a change. He can accept that.]

Yeah, I think roasted would be like that. Might take a few years to grow a tree too. Unless we got someone here to accelerate growth.

Definitely. Company and coffee is good.

[He's more than willing to do that. Tommy does it all the time so he can this time]

Probably. It usually takes more than one year for trees to start producing fruit of any sort.

And I don't want to imagine us being that much longer here.

[Except he always does his best to keep himself planning for the future so people can be fed.]

Right? The idea that we might still be here long enough to see a tree grow from a seed and begin to produce fruit is kind of depressing.

[Granted coffee plants were short, but still]

I mean...

[Tommy sighs and shifts how he's sitting to curl his legs under him. It's an unconscious gesture that comes from trust. Truth was that he could get out of the position quickly, but it was comfortable for him, and he'd learned very young that it wasn't something you did around people you didn't trust to not hurt you.]

I've done some planting. Not trees, well, I did have a sapling. But I know what you mean.

[Shiro could certainly understand the sentiment. He had learned that there were ways to act around the Galra in order to make yourself less of a target. If he knew that it was a sign of trust, he would appreciate it]

Yeah, I understand. The plants do help though. Food. Making this place nicer.

[Yeah, but sometimes even Tommy doesn't know what he's doing, so they can both be blind on this.]

Yeah, I'm thinking about potting a few small things for me and B's place.

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