Gratia accepts this offering eagerly. It trades place with her (somewhat clean, since she wiped it off along with her hands) mochi-making rock.
'Maybe I'll see you guys around' is a cue Novvy reads. He's up on his feet with that usual clearly-honed ease, and offers Gratia a hand-- but though she takes it, she dawdles, tugging on it and planting her feet instead of getting ready to go.
"Papa, you heard that, right? Just like you and Mr. Eyepatch...!"
(That 'mister' is a Mister said in English, in fact.)
Novvy's face is initially illegible, but he sighs, and smiles. "I heard! That's... fantastic news. I'm always happy to meet someone else involved in the.. industry." Especially someone he already bullied for snacks for his kid. Love that. Now they're going to be coworkers, instead of Ango just being someone he can happily push around once and go on his merry way, forever. He forces some tension to leave his shoulders. Okay. Time to play nice(r).
"From Tokyo, you said? You chose well moving out here. The Union is... I have no complaints." Yet. It's been what, a week? And some change. "You won't have to worry about finding enough leaves for all that long. They do direct deposit."
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'Maybe I'll see you guys around' is a cue Novvy reads. He's up on his feet with that usual clearly-honed ease, and offers Gratia a hand-- but though she takes it, she dawdles, tugging on it and planting her feet instead of getting ready to go.
"Papa, you heard that, right? Just like you and Mr. Eyepatch...!"
(That 'mister' is a Mister said in English, in fact.)
Novvy's face is initially illegible, but he sighs, and smiles. "I heard! That's... fantastic news. I'm always happy to meet someone else involved in the.. industry." Especially someone he already bullied for snacks for his kid. Love that. Now they're going to be coworkers, instead of Ango just being someone he can happily push around once and go on his merry way, forever. He forces some tension to leave his shoulders. Okay. Time to play nice(r).
"From Tokyo, you said? You chose well moving out here. The Union is... I have no complaints." Yet. It's been what, a week? And some change. "You won't have to worry about finding enough leaves for all that long. They do direct deposit."