[ Slowly nods, just slowly nods... With another uncertain glance to Luca, he hucks what remains of the salt he'd poured in his hand over their shoulders carelessly. It's— a lot of salt all over their floor now, for no clear reason. A great intro to Living Alone With Alberto now that Luca's moved in, Day Two, hoo boy...
But Alberto's face betrays his puzzlement, although he tries to keep a pokerface. He wants to know about the salt... But he can't well ask "why did you do that" when he copied him like he already knew. So he carefully tiptoes around the issue, finally distracted from the fish at least... ]
...Soooo— you, uh— you do the salt thing in Colombia, too, eh? Why do you guys do it...?
[ Oh, god. Oh, no. Falling back on "cultural differences" is maybe a clever cover-up on the one hand, but on the other, absolutely cannot hold water. Poor Luca — they may be in another time and dimension and country, but clearly, not that much has changed since their time in Portorosso... The boy's just out here doing his best, man. ]
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[ Slowly nods, just slowly nods... With another uncertain glance to Luca, he hucks what remains of the salt he'd poured in his hand over their shoulders carelessly. It's— a lot of salt all over their floor now, for no clear reason. A great intro to Living Alone With Alberto now that Luca's moved in, Day Two, hoo boy...
But Alberto's face betrays his puzzlement, although he tries to keep a pokerface. He wants to know about the salt... But he can't well ask "why did you do that" when he copied him like he already knew. So he carefully tiptoes around the issue, finally distracted from the fish at least... ]
...Soooo— you, uh— you do the salt thing in Colombia, too, eh? Why do you guys do it...?
[ Oh, god. Oh, no. Falling back on "cultural differences" is maybe a clever cover-up on the one hand, but on the other, absolutely cannot hold water. Poor Luca — they may be in another time and dimension and country, but clearly, not that much has changed since their time in Portorosso... The boy's just out here doing his best, man. ]