[one thing rei will always appreciate about olivine is how much he doesn't make a big deal of things. he just takes it, maybe smiles a little about it, and leaves rei alone. it makes it so much easier to...open up to him, truly and honestly. like a street cat slowly learning to eat from a human's hand for the first time. his chopping slows, now that that's over.]

Yes... he's already proven to be just that in the short amount of time I've known him. I know we'll discover a lot if we work together.

[LITTLE DOES REI KNOW...............his science boyfriend will be leaving soon. sad face.

rei grimaces at the thought of blade's cooking. luckily huey had prevented him from cooking in the past, and kuya and quincy were not shy about preventing that from happening as well, but wow. he can only imagine what that e-droid would cook up. he feels pity for the residents of the mansion...

hm, but olivine's words ring strange to him. he supposes not everyone was able to travel like he was - and he's sure as someone from a presumably religious family, he was rather sheltered and perhaps even forbidden to learn about other cultures. but...]

Were you not able to see the broader world otherwise? Even within Klein? [because even within klein, the territories had their different cuisines. but it truly sounds as if olivine... hm.]