Yatagarasu

Myriad Reality

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Bah, no fun at all. Do you want a coffee too?

@Session

The strongest thing in any world is a wife. And no thank you, though Xion might. Envy alerted me that she's on her way here.

Myriad Reality

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"The best defense is a mediocre offense" is what I'm hearing.

@Session

This is not a fight worth having. I concede.

Myriad Reality

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If you want to play it that way, I've seen you be way more offensive that.

@Session

Yes, but that's not the point.

Myriad Reality

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*Shrugs*
Whatever you say. The real best defense is a good offense, but we'll play it this way.

@Session

*Snaps out of staring into the distance and smiles at you*

Yes, and typically, refusing to share your name with someone is considered offensive. Besides, any fight worth having requires both strategies.

Myriad Reality

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*Also looks at Dark*
Are we still in your name paranoia mode or no? She's clearly not a faerie.
*Looks back to you*
I am the lovable matriarch of this fine establishment.

@Session

True, but it's better to not risk it. If she gets mind-read or something, not knowing is the best defense.

Myriad Reality

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Basic noodles like these are good.
*looks at them*
The ram was surprisingly like my home’s ramen, and these noodles look and smell like my home’s too.
*looks at you*
I never thought about it until now, but I wonder how similar we are. I half expected the foods to be called something wildly different. But still have something that would note of my home world when inter-dimensional travel was a theory. You and your children are obviously not from my world, yet you all are very similar in basic terms. Do you consider yourself human?

@Extra

That's a hard question. I'm factually not one, at least as you understand "humans" to be. I look like one, I used to be one, but at present I'm not built like one. For example, if you looked at my blood in a lab, you wouldn't see DNA like you have. The entire genetic system is different, and I considering what world you came from, I highly doubt it could support an environment where life can come about with it.

I'm sure you'll come across people who are even stranger, though. A fun example is that there is a world of equines, who have access to magic and all sorts of other fun resources, but outside their home they mostly take humanoid forms. There are hypotheses about why, but in practice it seems to be the same as... programming languages, perhaps. Sure, you can write in any language you want and get the same result, and each person has preferences, but it's easiest for everyone to share a singular one. "Human" is that common language, in my experience. Or at least the facsimile of it.

Though for your other realization, normally beings that can travel between dimensions have some way to translate speech. They'd be pretty stranded otherwise. But in our case, we happen to already speak the same language, with similar terms for things, because I was from a similar world.

Myriad Reality

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That’s fine.
*finishes the soup of the ramen with a slow and soft sigh*
I would like to try the noodles you mentioned.

@Extra

Alright, one moment.

*Walks to a small container and pulls out warm but somewhat cooled noodles. They seem to be extremely high quality elbow noodles, if each one was cut in half length-wise*

They're pretty basic, just regular noodles with some butter and like a teaspoon of milk, but they're good. Though if your palate is overwhelmingly used to ramen, you might not like these as much.

Myriad Reality

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Interesting, I wasn’t expecting an analytical response of individuals close to you and the criteria of your perception of how you deem friends, but I understand. I’m curious of how you two met, but you don’t have to speak on that if that is too personal.

@Extra

It would be a very long story, and neither she nor I would like to tell it. Sorry for the unenlightening answer, heh.

Myriad Reality

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Are you close with this individual?
*takes a bite of the chicken*
It…is really good. It’s been awhile since I’ve had a legitimate meal.

@Extra

*Leans my chin on my hand, my elbow on the table*

I'm glad it's good. That one in particular was made by someone else, so I'll pass on your approval.

As for your question, she's... well, let me preface the answer with some qualifications. I consider myself friends with my wife, of course, and I try to be a friend to my children. I also try to be friends with others outside my family. However, due to certain factors with them, it's not right to consider us 'friends' in the real sense.

So in terms of non-family members, and both parties being on the same footing without a power imbalance of some kind, she would be one of maybe five people I would consider a real friend of mine, meeting that criteria. In fact, I'd say she's probably a closer friend to me than the rest of that handful.

Not that there's anything wrong with them, of course.

Myriad Reality

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Oh, well it will be nice to have company. These bowls smell amazing.
*looks at all of the bowls and eventually chooses one with lots of green onion and chicken that has a red shade to the soup. I then sit down with the bowl and a pair of chopsticks*

@Extra

Glad you think so.

*Sits across from you*

Wasn't sure if you'd want the chopsticks or other utensils, so I put out both.

*Pauses a moment*

Honestly, I'd normally be spending this time preparing you for meeting the person you'll meet when you feel like you're ready, but... if she found out that you'd been prepped beforehand, she'd probably refuse to help just because of that. So we'll have to play it by ear when you eventually meet up.

*Stays silent a moment longer*

How's the food?