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Started Feb 07 by @korixkj

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"Savory" She replied with a smile. She seemed to light up in a somewhat childish way at the mention of good food. Al found an area of counterspace that didn't seem like it would be used and leaned her hip against it as she watched

Allyanna smiled, putting away some of what she had grabbed, before grabbing some of the other things and starting to prepare the food.
"I am, by no means, the best cook on my planet, but I'm not horrible. I hope my food is at least decent. Most of the things you can eat are also things I can eat, and there are very few things I can eat that you cannot. So you do not have to worry about cross-contamination." She rambled. She was so use to being alone, she didn't really know how to be social.

Al listened with the lopsided smile she'd shown earlier. "Well that's good" She replied cheerily. "And the food was good. I'd probably burn your house down" she joked

Allyanna looked confused, but seemed to realize it was a joke. She obviously did not understand it, but she smiled tentatively anyway. "You would… If you cooked?" She guessed, trying to understand.

"Mhm. I'm a horrible cook" She replied, catching that she didn't quite grasp the joke, but she wasn't gonna bring it up. "The extent of my cooking abilities is mac and cheese"

Allyanna blinked. The meaning of 'mac and cheese' came through the translator as just 'a food dish'. "I'm assuming that means something in your language-"

She chuckled softly. "I forget you don't know what that is. It's cheesy macaroni noodles, if you know what those are"

Allyanna pondered the translation for a second. "Cheese- we have that. Macaroni- referring to the shape.. Noodles- grain mixed with eggs. We do not have noodles, but I might be able to make them… Would you like me to attempt to make this 'mac and cheese' for you tomorrow?"

"If you want" She replied with a shrug, still smiling. "You cook well, so I trust whatever you plan to feed me" She said as she observed what Allyana was doing

Allyanna nodded. "Alright. I will attempt, but I will also have a backup meal ready in case it doesn't work out."
She was cutting some things, others were heating on something that seemed similar to a stove, thile more were being prepared other ways.

She was absorbed in the way cooking looked on this planet. It was so different from earth. "…Maybe I should learn your language." she said offhandedly

Allyanna paused. Not rudely, angry, or offended, simply curious, she asked "Why? Is the translator nor working?"

"Nah, it is, I just don't know how long im gonna be here, and there's a lot of stuff I say you don't get, and vice versa" She explained. "Better to learn the language of your planet instead of expecting you to learn mine"

Allyanna nodded, understanding. "I will make an effort to teach you my language, and I will make an effort to learn yours, so we can more fully understand each other."

She smiled, and next to the lopsided grin, only on the left- the higher side of the smile, was a dimple. "Great. I'll teach you English, you teach me…?" She trailed off. She didn't know the name of the language

Allyanna responded quickly. "Vayuen {language of the air}." The translator yet again translated both the name of the thing into an understandable word, and the literal translation of the word. Allyanna's mouth seemed to be very similar to a humans, so the sounds they could make were probably not that different. At the very least, the two species should be able to pronounce the other languages words.

She nodded, taking in the pronunciation. It seemed like a word she could say

Allyanna smiled, turning the almost-stove off. "The food is just about ready. Where do you want to eat? There's a table, or we could sit on the couch..?"

"We can sit on the couch" She replied. "Might have to try watching TV here" she added with a smile

Allyanna nodded. "You can try! Give me just a second to finish up." She said, dishing the food into two plates and cleaning up.
"Is there anything in particular you'd like to try to watch?"

"A cartoon?" She asked, accepting her plate with a grateful smile. She watched what Allyana was doing and wanted to learn to help. She'd figure it out eventually, she supposed

Allyanna nodded, going back into the room Al had been staying in and messing with a screen. A cartoon turned on, and Allyanna moved to sit on the couch

Al sat down next to her, silently enjoying her food with her vision trained on the screen

Allyanna did not break the silence, but she watched Al while she was eating. The human was such a strange little creature. Allyanna had not believed such a similar being could exist