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[a_sin_for_him]

It was.

[A rather standard action movie, a bit difficult to follow in places, but overall perfectly enjoyable. And the sort of film one should see in a theater.]

[And there hadn't been another potentially awkward moment since the one. Those things happen, it was easy enough to forget about.]

Dinner? There's a nice diner with a good variety of foods, they're bound to have things you haven't tried yet.

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Sure.

[The whiskey blackout will have to wait, apparently. He gets out of his seat and waits for Lust, before walking beside her to the diner. At least he doesn't feel as mortified now as he did when he first touched her hand, but there's still something heavy in the pit of his stomach.]

What are some of your favourite things that you've tried here?

[a_sin_for_him]

I'm rather fond of a hearty soup paired with a grilled cheese sandwich, honestly. And the breakfast foods - pancakes and omelettes and bacon. For you...

[Lust looks over at Boone as though appraising him as they walk, finger tapping at her lips in concentration.]

I would recommend the meatloaf with potatoes and gravy. You strike me as a man who enjoys hearty food, as well as flavorful.

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I do like good food. Not that I got to eat a lot of it back home, but Brahmin steak was always good.

[It's easier to talk about food than think about his feelings. It's still only a crush, maybe he can get rid of it somehow.]

[a_sin_for_him]

Do I even dare ask what a 'brahmin' is?

[All the things from Boone's world sound terrible to eat, at least everything she's been told about so far. Most of them aren't even familiar, in name or biology.]

[She raises an eyebrow along with the question, clearly skeptical of any steak made from apocalypse livestock.]

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Uhh... they're like Miltanks, I guess. Udders and everything. But they're way less cute, and they've got two heads. Mostly bred for their milk and meat, but you can use them to carry stuff too.

[Lust is probably right to be skeptical, after everything Boone has told her. And if she actually saw a Brahmin, she would likely not be into the idea of eating it. They don't exactly look healthy.]

[a_sin_for_him]

...Two headed cows. You're telling me your world has two headed cows.

[Why does everything from Boone's world sound like something she would have whipped up in Lab 5?]

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Yeah. But we call them Brahmin. The ones born with one head are usually the weird ones.

[Boy just wait until you hear about centaurs, Lust.]

[a_sin_for_him]

Brahmin. Is that simply your word or cows, or...? Oh, it doesn't matter, I suppose.

[She's more interested in whether these are natural fauna or altered by the chemical warfare that decimated Boone's world. She still has a scientist's mind, despite abandoning science since coming to this world.]

Your world is full of strange creatures, Boone. It sounds as though it's populated by nothing but escaped science experiments.

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We've got night stalkers, too. They're coyotes, but they've got the head and tail of a rattlesnake.

[Funnily enough, those are escaped science experiments.]

Tend to travel in packs. Not fun running into them. Their bites hurt like hell.

[a_sin_for_him]

Chimera.

[Because that can't be some sort of accident - animals don't fuse themselves together into something new without help. Lust knows all about that sort of thing.]

We call those chimera in my world, the genetics of two different species fused into one new creature. It doesn't happen naturally.

What happened to your world, Boone?

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There was a nuclear war 200 years back. World went to hell. Now we're living in a wasteland, and I guess the radiation did a number on the creatures living there. Can't explain why night stalkers happen, though. Someone out there doing some kinda experiments, I guess.

[He shrugs.]

Either way, they're a pain in the ass. After a while, you tend not to question things. There are scorpions bigger than Pointy back home, so he's actually pretty normal to me.

[a_sin_for_him]

Someone certainly was. It's a difficult thing, to viably splice separate species. And oftentimes the result is unpredictable and offers little benefit to the world at large.

[The world beyond the military, at least.]

I suppose it all must just be normal to you, it's what you grew up with, born into.

[She cocks her head, looking over at Boone now, and finds herself smiling an amused little smile.]

Saying that, I find it difficult to imagine you as a child.

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Yeah, it's why this world is pretty strange to me still. It's so peaceful.

[He shoves his hands in his pockets, but his expression is mild as he looks over at Lust.]

You do, huh? Wasn't much different back then. Was still pretty quiet.

[Just far less traumatised and more likely to laugh.]