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[ She smiles as Sofia and Alberto dig into their respective treats. She had gone back and forth a bit about getting Alberto a gift, since she wasn't sure if they were close enough friends, but she's glad that she did.

She tries not to make a face as he talks with his mouth full, but it's difficult. ]

Oh yeah, I love baking and cooking. I could teach you to make cookies, if you want.

What kind of things do you cook?

[ He's gross, what can be said? At least he's not picking his nose, or his ears, or his toenails, or his teeth, okay. Frankly, he just has little decorum whatsoever, so this is really him on innocent, polite, good behavior... ]

Pasta, mostly~ But fish, too, obviously. And, y'know, vegetables, meat, whatever... Stuff from home. But, yeah, that's mostly pasta.

[ He's expanded his cooking skills far more than he's expanded his palate. He's looked up "Italian food recipes" plenty of times. Mostly because... he doesn't really know of any other countries, ahem. But he is interested in Japanese food because of a Japanese friend, another food-lover and competent cook, but he's only forayed into it vaguely when helping her prepare for a big party. He has a lot more curiosity still left to indulge. He's just so satisfied and endlessly fascinated by the food he'd first started learning to cook back home and has yet to be disappointed by any Italian recipe he's tried (provided he did it right) that he's been totally content with his endless pasta experiments so far. ]

[ She supposes she'll take what she can get. ]

Oh, pasta? That does sound tasty. [ Admittedly she tries not to eat a lot of pasta (a girl's gotta watch her figure, after all), but she does enjoy it on occasion. ] What's your favorite pasta dish to make?

Easy! The first one I ever had: trenette al pesto~ I'm preeeetty much the best at it now. I mean, next to my boss back home— Massimo. He taught me.

[ Braggart. But at least he gives credit where it's due. ]

[ She tilts her head a little. ] Hmm...I don't think I've ever had that before.

[ She recognizes pesto, but that's about it. ]

Oh, you're missing out, it's the best human food~ Trenette is kinda like spaghetti, but flatter; you add some potatoes, some green beans, some pinoli, toss it all in pesto...~ Ecco, the best pasta ever!

[ He waves his hands for emphasis as he explains, pinching his fingers together in the air enthusiastically at the end — the way any Italian should describe pasta, surely. ]

The best human food, huh?

[ Because that's a normal thing to say. ]

But that does sound really good. [ Especially with the way he's describing it. ] Do you think you could teach me to make it?

[ Totally normal thing to say. Clearly she's not human, so, yeah, let's go with that.

But her reaction does draw a fresher, more excited smile on his face. ]

Yeah-hah, of course~! Hey, you teach me to make cookies and I'll teach you to make pasta, heh. Deal?

[ Completely normal.

But she'll let that go for now. With a grin of her own, she nods. ]

Deal!

[ Catching the light from the window, she pulls out her phone to check the time. ]

Anyway, I should probably get going. I still have some other gifts to deliver. [ Slipping her phone back in her bag, she smiles. ] But let me know when you're free so we can start those cooking lessons, okay?

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