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Ruby heard Yvern's thoughts. He could probably make a comment on it but he decided not too. He will just let it slide for now and continue on with the conversation.

"A home on Manta Carlos. It sounds like a nice idea but I haven't even gotten used to the space station yet." He chuckled.

Ruby shrugged at the S.O comment. He never really thought about that especially with having to be on the move every now and then.

Ruby quickly spotted the fast-food place's sign and then made a gesture toward it. "Ooo, is this where you are taking me? The colorful sign is nice even though I can't properly read it just yet." He was trying to make out what the letters on the sign was saying but he immediately gave up. Too much effort when he had Yvarn here to just tell him.
He was starting at least understand some things. Like he could tell that place was for food.
 

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"Heh, before you go to sleep tonight you will be in the know of at least the best places for food, entertainment, and stay for a low price. The station has a variety of great go-to places, but the cheaper ones often comes with more limited choices. So for example this place here:", Yvarn gestured to the fast-food they were about to enter.

The menu there on the walls were really from out of this world, even Yvarn himself had trouble coming with words to explain what they were or even describe. After all, he wasn't very familiar with food that weren't from Earth or from his homeplanet. Given the numbers on them, it was cheap.
 

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"That sounds like a good time to me." Ruby chuckled as the two approached the restaurant.

As they entered, Ruby took his time to just look around. He was already familiar with the concept of fast food, in fact to the point of actually eating things like instant meals. He was not a fan of those.

Honestly he would have preferred something more fancy but he wasn't going to complain. He was getting a free meal after all.

"Low-prices huh?" Ruby floated over to what looks like a digital menu on the wall and decided to look at it. There was definitely an option to change the language but he kept it on the english version. Some of it was starting to make sense. He was able to recognize a few things on the menu from other planets he has been too.

"Yvarn, I need your assistance. What is this word?" He pointed to an item on the menu. Which was literally just a cheeseburger called The American Dream.
 

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"It'll take time for you to stabilize here, which means cutting costs is essential until then. As for me, well, I'm often trying to save up because I never know when I will need some material.", Yvarn explained his reasoning, "All good things in moderation, as they say."

For himself he was ordering a fruit juice, however the name was rather weird and it seemed to have a thick, deep red color. When prompted to, he responded: "Oh, that is cheeseburger, "The American Dream" it reads. Must be something new in the menu, haven't seen it before."
 

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Ruby knew a thing or two about cutting costs around. Managing multiple bank accounts in various currencies under multiple pains was a nightmare.

Ruby eyed Yvarn curiously when he pronounced what Ruby was trying to read.

"A...cheeseburger?" Huh. Ruby never heard of that before. Ruby now had a lot of questions about this cheeseburger thing. He literally could not imagine what it was. "What is a cheeseburger? Is it some form of meat or vegetable? And why is it called The American Dream?"

He tapped the screen again to see if there were an image and lo and behold, there it was. It looked...somewhat appetizing. "This is some for.......Eather Sandwich, yes? I will like to try this American Dream thing...and - oh! OH! Yes, something I know!"

Ruby clicked on another item that appeared to look like just a ball of gelatin with a core inside of it. "I have had these before. They are very sweet and come in many flavors. The outside melts into a liquid once it is in your mouth and the core is sour and chewy. It is a type of fruit I think or made from one."

Ruby then looked at Yvarn. "I will to get both of those or, I can just get whatever you want me to try."
 

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"Loaf with meat, vegetables, dairy in the form of cheese...", Yvarn went on to list what he could tell was contained in it from the picture. Shortly after there was a gelatin with a fruit within that piqued Ruby's interest. Or so he assumed to be "Hm... From where I come there's something similar, but is backwards: the fruit is hollowed and filled with the gelatin, but it is rather a creamy filling and a colt treat."

Once their orders has been placed and they found a table there was little time until they would have their snack served to them. But until then, he had slipped a small question: "Do you prefer sweet, salty, or sour?"
 

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Ruby floated over to the table with Yvarn after he had explained what a burger was and ordered their food. Ruby then floated himself into the seat opposite of Yvarn to sit down in.

"Hmm. I like both sweet and sour things. I'm not much of a fan of things that are salty or too spicy. If I had to choose between sweet and sour I would choose something sour or tangy."

Which is why Ruby is saving the alien gelatin fruit thing for last. He used his telekinesis to open up the packaging his burger was in to examine it. This was obviously a fast food place so it clearly wasn't the golden standard of burgers but it was decently made.

He floated the burger into his hands and then took a single bite out of it. There was.... A very long pause after he swallowed. He was definitely judging this burger. "Hmm. This is tasty. There was something really good in here."

The burger floated out of his hands again and slowly started getting pulled apart by an invisible force, layer by layer. Once everything was separated he floated a single green pickle towards himself. "What is this? I enjoy the flavor it has."
 

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"As for me, I'm between sour, sweet and spicy. I like feeling a sting in my tongue every now and then.", Yvarn answered his own tastes, and then added "But really I don't have issues with trying a little bit of everything. Trying my best to make my parents proud of the child they raised got me to try a little bit of everything."

And once Ruby was enjoying their snack and Yvarn has been sipping on his juice (with a hint of his face flushing lightly), he wondered what it was that they regarded tasty. "Oh, that's pickled cucumber- Gods dang, this whole telepathy thing is neat! I can "talk" and drink at the same time!- Ahem! That's a pickled cucumber, where said vegetable goes through fermentation. The exact specifics are hazy for me, but I do get myself some as a side for my steak.", there was indeed a moment where he was in awe at how useful telepathy was.
 

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"Pickeled Cucumber? I see. I will be on a look out for these things." Ruby stated as they then reconstructed the burger with their telekinesis. When the burger was perfectly put back together, Ruby floated back into his hands to take a few more bites.

"And yes, Telekenis is helpful. It makes things easier but not everyone is used to or enjoy having others in their mind. While conversing like this is normal for my people, others find it odd and intrusive."
He honestly finished the burger pretty quickly while he was speaking to Yvarn. That was like, three big bites? Anyway now on to the best part, the alien fruit thing.

Ruby floated the fruit out of it's container and then tore a piece off with his fingers.. He then stuck his tongue out and placed piece on it as he started intently at Yvarn. He was...definitely doing the thing. "Mmm. This is still as sweet as I remembered."

Ruby then licked off his fingers and gave Yvarn a coy smile. "Do you want a bite?"
His tone of voice in Yvarn's head was definitely on the seductive side of things when he asked that question. He then floated the fruit up towards Yvarn.
 

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"Only real issue I can see is that it may result in misunderstanding between what is thought and what is "talked". That and people will think we're having a stare contest of some sort.", Yvarn assumed so, anyways, but still didn't mind.

He wasn't any stranger to Ruby's advances, and took a taste of the fruit. "Hm... It's slightly sour on my tongue. But not the bad kind of sour. It is still sweet.", he explained how it felt to his taste, but there was something hazy about his thoughts, as if he was getting drunk. But Yvarn was holding his liquor pretty well..
 
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