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ARYA

So! You, me, and some waffles. Let's do this.

LUCREZIA

I need your help with something. You're the only person I trust enough to help me with this very special, maybe once in a lifetime thing.

Do you accept?

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[ She's just setting the chocolate syrup down now. A bit less enthused, she cuts into the waffle. That fades when she actually pops the fork in her mouth. This is really good, excess of chocolate and all. ]

Good?

[She knows it's good.]

Mm!

[ Give her a moment while she remembers her manners and swallows first. ]

Yes!

[Yes, good. She'll fatten you up, tiny child.]

Welcome to my favorite food in the entire world. In any world.

Is it from your home?

It's a common breakfast food in my world. I'm sure some others have to have something similar.

We've cakes. [ Which are closer to bread than modern cake, but hey. Close enough. ]

Are they your favorite?

I don't really like sweets. [ Chocolate being the sole exception. ]

[She catches that, with a smirk.]

Except for chocolate, huh?

This one is sweet. Not all of it is. I like the dark one.

The one with some bite to it. Have you had sour candies before?

No.

You're so lucky you know me. Just tossing that out there.

Think you'll have room after the waffles?

[ Arya begs to differ. ]

I think so.

Then maybe we'll have to introduce you to sour candies.

[She pauses to cut into her own waffle.]

Have you settled back in okay?

[ She answers by not answering. ] No time has passed here.

Did that make it easier or harder, you think?

It's weird.

Yeah. I went home, once. Not too long, but long enough. Coming back and everyone still being exactly where I left them was weird.

How long did you return for?

Months. But a lot changed in that time. [Nothing terrible, really. Bruce coming back and not ripping the symbol off her chest was the biggest development. She came back with confidence.]

I've known others who have gone home for years. I've seen how difficult it can be. [Lucrezia went from sweet innocence to... not that.]

[ The first month was bad. The following almost two years were worse. ]

It is.

I think it gets easier over time. Just like when you first got here, it'll take some time, but you'll adjust.

I had most of my family then.