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May TDM - Elan

[startraveler]

[Continued from here]

[Aether grins at that. He never said he would give that kind of lessons, but he isn't opposed to the idea.]

You'd have to attend many of them for the full story. I hope you're ready for that? There will be an exam at the end of my cooking classes, too.

[Is he telling the truth? Who knows.]

[el5n]

[Well, he enjoys that Aether is being a good sport about it. Though, for the matter of there supposedly being an exam...]

Mmmm... That depends: is the exam a written one, or a practical one?

[His neutral resting smirk makes it really hard to tell if he's just playing along or actually asking in seriousness, tbh.]

[startraveler]

A written exam for cooking would be a bit ineffective... So a practical one it is.

[He says that as if he's only now decided. Truth to be told, he's just going with the flow, curious where this conversation will lead them to. Is there going to be some actual exam for Elan? Who knows! But Aether would still like to see his improvements if Elan really decides to take some cooking lessons from him.]

Only if you practice a lot, you can become a really good cook.

[He's cooked so many meals for Paimon, he's a pro now.]

[el5n]

Hah.

[His expression is... Probably kind of hard to read, for a moment? He's not used to having conversations like this. Ones where someone is actually being really friendly and encouraging in what at least seems to be a genuine manner.]

...Normally I'm not much for putting in an excessive amount of effort, but... We'll see, I guess. If it holds my attention.

[He won't waste his time on anything that doesn't spark joy.]

[startraveler]

That's fair.

[Aether doesn't seem to mind at all, simply smiling as he continues on with the cooking. Thanks to his many travels he's learnt how to get along with all kinds of people.]

So what's your name? Mine's Aether.

[el5n]

[Ahh... The part of meeting new people that he most loathes. The exchanging of names.

He smiles pleasantly.]

Ah, right. You can call me Elan.

[Very deliberate phrasing being used here. He hates the name, and he doesn't NEED to use it here, but he doesn't have anything else to call himself.]