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As Link hands Ruka her vegetable dish, she curtsies and sets her plate at the table with the mask on it. She eats like she hasn’t had a proper meal in days and her eyes light up with enjoyment. She says, “Link you did great!” And she continues her meal happily. Salvador looks at Ruka and tells her to slow down and savor the food. 

Salvador graciously takes his meal and takes a seat next to Ruka. “Thank you Link, sorry it was on such short notice. We haven’t eaten for the the day and a half we’d been wandering til we ended up in this strange place.” 

He picks the large piece of meat out of the stew, hoping it has enough iron in the blood to replenish his reserves, and tosses it into his mouth. A couple of the less filled bags attached to his back fill up more and boil with seeming intensity.

“Very kind of you to cook for us, for nothing.” Sal says before slurping down his soup. “That was excellent, right Ruka?” She smiles with bright eyes and nods with a mouth full of lettuce.

“I’ll find a way to pay back the favor soon.” Salvador assured. “In the meantime, if you think of anything you need, don’t hesitate to ask.”

Sal ponders for a moment after they’re both done eating and looks at Ruka. Then back at link. “Is there any chance you have anything akin to candied apples?” He asked politely. “It’s one of our favorite deserts.”

Salvador generates a metal toothpick as Ruka fishes out a wooden one, holding each over their head for a moment in triumph like tiny swords. And then they proceed to clean their teeth carefully. But also trying not to be rude. 

“Sorry, I don’t mean to ask so much of you, Link. If you can’t find the ingredients, it’s not a necessity. That meal was very filling.” He rubbed his belly. And Ruka belched louder than anyone could have expected in that moment and was then embarrassed. “Sorry everyone.” She announced to anyone looking their way. Sal didn’t want to make her feel singled out, so he let out a louder belch that rattled the tables and rumbled the floorboards. “Apologies.” Was all he said, before they both laughed out like crazy people.