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"Hm? Oh, yeah, my grandmother used to sing that song to us when we were young. It's about sheep. Most of the songs back in the village were about sheep and snow, actually."

In retrospect, the Village was actually boring as fuck. They didn't have any of the niceties here in Manta Carlos, but they had love and a strong sense of community. It was enough to be homesick to.

Lei was almost done with the chicken. He just needed to fry a couple more parts.

"I like the village, but even there, I didn't actually..." He bit his lip. "...have a lot of... friends.. So... this is good for me. I mean... We're friends, right? Unless I mistook this whole thing for something else."

He grinned as he finished up frying the chicken. "Well, that settles it then. Now, let's —" Cough. "— uh, get to setting up the table before we start crying and hugging."

Lei placed the chicken and the pseudo-salad at the middle of the table. He looked over at Deith. "Where are your plates?" he asked, looking at places where plates would not be commonly found.

Lei shook his head, amused, and sat down. He flipped his hair out of the way before taking a handful of chicken, vegetables and toast. "All right, Mr. Cool Guy, you've made your point. Our friendship will be the 'manly' kind. We'll drink beer and give stoic nods and occasionally pat each other on the shoulder, but no touchy-feely girly crap." A pause. "Except no beer for me. I don't break the law and I'm not planning on starting any time soon."

Lei raised an eyebrow and pointed at the freezer with his thumb. "There's a whole meat circus in your fridge. Why do you have so much meat stockpiled if you don't eat them?" He snorted. "Unless that's a euphemism."

Lei turned the chicken, vegetables and toast into sandwiches and ate them that way. To him, bread was nothing but the poor man's rice.

It was a euphemism for Deith eating big d — Never mind. Lei grinned, though.

"I'd never have figured you're a sweets man. I bet you like those cute rainbow colored cupcakes, huh, Mr. Cool Guy?"

Still... He wanted to thank Deith for his help today. He made a mental note of this. Maybe he could stop by one of the bakeries and ask them for a big cake. It would be a hoot to watch Deith devour an entire cake.