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[letslip]

Ah... a whole new year. It seems sort of silly, to me. I'm not supposed to see one, after all. Dead people should just sta-

No, I guess I don't really think that. Sometimes... good people- Innocent people die. And this place, to give people like that a second chance at life... that's really nice. But people like me- Contractors- The world

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[rly_not_mukuro]

I will be there momentarily~. If that is how Havoc learned, then I am confident it is the right way.

[letslip]

There's directions, instructions, recipes...

But it's nicer, to have someone to help you.

[rly_not_mukuro]

Surely cooking requires that personal touch~.

To make it more than a list of ingredients tossed together.

[letslip]

You could say that.

[action]

[rly_not_mukuro]

[IS THERE]

Then let us say it?

[action]

[letslip]

[She's looking in the fridge, pulling out vegetables and meat]

We can do that-

Would you mind chopping these vegetables for me, please?

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[rly_not_mukuro]

[how strange, to pick up a knife for this reason; Mukuro smiles at the blade as he closes his hand around the handle, though he doesn't quite allow his private laughter to become a reflection on this, on what could be genuinely nice in this]

That I can manage~. To what proportions?

[action]

[letslip]

Mm...

[She holds up her fingers, about an inch between the two]

About this big? For stew, so not too small is best.

[She rummages, taking a pot out, some utensils]

I hope you like stew...

[action]

[rly_not_mukuro]

[Operating under those instructions, he begins to chop the vegetables]

Should anything be ... pared?

Kufufu~... I like everything.

[action]

[letslip]

Nothing fancy needed, so- Don't worry about it.

[A bit of a blink, before she shrugs with a smile]

That makes you easy to feed, at least.

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[rly_not_mukuro]

[It was pare, not peel, right? There were always new things to learn, even the trivial.

As ever smiling,]

It is more accurate to say that I have not had many occasions to be more selective.

[action]

[letslip]

Hmm...

[She's busy herself, cutting the beef on the cutting board, thin, almost malnourished hands sure and steady-

She's too used to holding weapons]

That doesn't sound so good.

[action]

[rly_not_mukuro]

[While not quite that bad, it's a wonder he isn't, considering the time spent in that prison.

It is easy work, cutting vegetables.]

Hmm~, but I've always had a very active imagination.

[action]

[letslip]

About food?

[She smiles a bit, setting some water to boil]

[action]

[rly_not_mukuro]

For one.

[sliding the inch-cut vegetables into small, lazy piles with the knife]

All right, finished~.

[action]

[letslip]

[Eyes the pot, then nods]

Go ahead and put those in-

So what else?