[ There's almost a hint of surprise, even defensiveness, in Alberto's tone and the raise of his eyebrows. ]
You watch me cook every day — and you're the smartest person I know, you notice everything. You're gonna nail it~
[ And he's not just gassing him up. He's very sincere, and from his stance to his smile to the way he watches Luca at work, everything about his body language says so. ]
Heh, that's why you and me are such a good team — we're both always learning, even when we're not actually teaching!
[ He flashes him a wide, fond smile. And, really, that is true. It's always been such a compelling part of their dynamic together, this give and take, the way their different senses of curiosity mix. Luca's always teaching Alberto things, more often than not things Alberto doesn't even realize he's learning! They may often be much more intangible skills, like humility and sacrifice and restraint, but at the end of the day, Alberto knows he can give Luca credit for so much of the positive changes he's made in his life in the past year and a half, ever since meeting him... Alberto gets the credit for making the changes, sure, but Luca gets all the credit for the inspiration. And he's fine with that. Happy with that. Wouldn't have it any other way, hiccups and mistakes and all. ...Even when Alberto bit him. Ahem. They fixed it very well. ]
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[ There's almost a hint of surprise, even defensiveness, in Alberto's tone and the raise of his eyebrows. ]
You watch me cook every day — and you're the smartest person I know, you notice everything. You're gonna nail it~
[ And he's not just gassing him up. He's very sincere, and from his stance to his smile to the way he watches Luca at work, everything about his body language says so. ]
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[Still, it's his first time doing it so there's lots of stuff he might not fully understand until he gets more practice in.]
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[ He flashes him a wide, fond smile. And, really, that is true. It's always been such a compelling part of their dynamic together, this give and take, the way their different senses of curiosity mix. Luca's always teaching Alberto things, more often than not things Alberto doesn't even realize he's learning! They may often be much more intangible skills, like humility and sacrifice and restraint, but at the end of the day, Alberto knows he can give Luca credit for so much of the positive changes he's made in his life in the past year and a half, ever since meeting him... Alberto gets the credit for making the changes, sure, but Luca gets all the credit for the inspiration. And he's fine with that. Happy with that. Wouldn't have it any other way, hiccups and mistakes and all. ...Even when Alberto bit him. Ahem. They fixed it very well. ]