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[pheromonecoffee]

So we all need a break and some fun right? Anthony and I are going to try to eat an entire cake, and there's a really nice bakery cafe thing on Pine so everyone is also invited to try. I, personally, will take any bets from someone who can finish an entire cake. Any takers?

Also I will be drinking hot sauce and coffee since somebody won't leave me alone about it :|;;;; Who wants to miss that? No one wants to miss that. I'm sure I'll laugh about it in thirty years.

3PM, that one on Pine and 4th.

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No he seriously is waiting there at the cafe for anyone to join him. Because what is stupid adventures without friends?

But the more people come the better it is for the bakery owners, right? Totally. So grab a chair, get some coffee and let us all eat until we are sick. Just be prepared for commentary from the kid.]

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[orangehoodie]

[he thinks]

... Now that I think about it, the person I was with didn't know what it was when he first saw it, either.

[pheromonecoffee]

Who were you with?

[orangehoodie]

[He shakes his head.]

He was with his mom. He-- he was, but there was a monster, I can't tell if it was a Shadow or a Persona, attacking their house.

... She didn't make it.

[pheromonecoffee]

[Matt is silent a moment. How do you comfort someone over the death of someone they never knew in this life?

He settles on putting a hand on Ken's shoulder.]

... Let's get something to eat.

[AND CHANGING THE SUBJECT.]

[orangehoodie]

[He blinks. Then he tries a smile! He's better at it than that first time Matt made him try.]

Sure. It won't bother you though? You were meeting up with someone, right?

[pheromonecoffee]

[It had better not be fake.]

No bother at all. Besides, you've been waiting.

[orangehoodie]

It wasn't that long!

[yes it was]

[pheromonecoffee]

It was long enough.

[orangehoodie]

... I'm just glad to see you again. At first I thought my dad would put me under house arrest.

[pheromonecoffee]

He was just worried, Ken.

[orangehoodie]

-- I know that.

[He frowns, and he walks ahead of Matt to look at the cakes, hands shoved deep into his pockets.]

[pheromonecoffee]

[--Oh. He messed up?]

I'm glad you're not locked up, though.

[orangehoodie]

[He's impossible to keep happy.]

He was scared. I think he thinks I'm a number.

[pheromonecoffee]

If you tell him, he'll know you can defend yourself.

[orangehoodie]

... He sounded scared of us.

[pheromonecoffee]

I'll tell him about me if you want.

[orangehoodie]

No!

You can't-- I don't want him to be scared.

[pheromonecoffee]

I think he's more scared that you passed out in the middle of a battle and I had to carry you home. If he's afraid you'll be hurt, wouldn't it be better to know you're not alone?

[orangehoodie]

I'm not telling my dad anything.

[pheromonecoffee]

I didn't say you had to...

[orangehoodie]

So-- it's okay, Matt.

You don't have to tell him anything, either. ... Have you told your aunt and uncle though?

[pheromonecoffee]

It hasn't come up organically, yet.

[orangehoodie]

Do you think it'll ever?

[pheromonecoffee]

Eventually. I'm not just going to drop it on them in the meantime.

[orangehoodie]

That's true. I guess it'll just worry them.

But it's not like -- it's not like we were trying to end the world or anything, and we have control over the Personas, so--