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SO...
I met Kni today.
🙃🌤️🌱🙎🏼💁🏽‍♂️☕🍝🧀

[ He came. Kni didn't ditch! They actually met! And Vash not only gets a report on how things went, look at that — he even gets a visual illustration. Vash obviously got a real pro on the case, here. ]

Heh, oh yeah??
I'm guessing all those emojis are a story about how it went...

Should I try to decipher it? I'm hoping he behaved himself.

HA! You can try to decipher it, Sure!

[ Alberto was just being cute: the story is they drank coffee and ate cheesy pasta. But he's too curious what Vash's interpretation might be... and perhaps, within that, maybe Vash's expectations, too. As to whether or not Kni behaved — well, you're talking to the wrong guy on that front, Vash. Who's to say what misbehaving really means, anyway? Certainly not Alberto. So Alberto doesn't even remark on it. ]

You guyyyys....

Lay down upside down in the sun. In the grass. When you first met, it was a sunny day, with only some clouds. You shared a drink and some pasta and... cake together.

How close did I get?

...I gotta' mention. If you got Kni to eat human food, I'm really impressed with you.

[ the kid is really starting to come around to the idea of eating--it's one of life's joys that the guy just doesn't get yet!!! ]

HA! Mostly correct!
Outside in the sun lying in the grass would have been nice... But I can't cook pasta outside in the sun lying in the grass. 😏 So he just came over to my apartment for lunch.

Have you ever had espresso? 🤔

[ rgjsdfkn Kni tried espresso...? Alberto may be a miracle worker? ]

okay so getting him to willingly eat lunch is amazing. i sometimes have to fight to get him to eat anything other than a few bites of fresh fruit or something...

And uhhhh
no, i dont think so? whats espresso?
it sounds like some sort of fancy drink...

...

okay now im SUPER interested in what it is and if you convinced kni to try it.

REALLY? 👀

Well, maybe my cooking is just that good. HA! 😏

Kni drank the whole cup of espresso in one gulp. Don't worry He's fine. 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏼
You should try it too! 🤩☕

[ "Don't worry, he's fine..." are incredibly disconcerting words coming from Alberto Scorfano. Vash doesn't even know. Vash hasn't seen the depths of this kid's chaos... It's an easy assumption, but his brother could end up straight up poisoned in his kitchen — Alberto never once considered if it was safe for Plants to drink coffee. Thankfully, Kni was not poisoned, but if he had been... ...he wouldn't have been the first person who'd been poisoned in that kitchen. Not even second or third or fourth.

Vash placed a lot of trust in Alberto, man... ]

I'd believe it. Because we're plants, we don't... NEED to eat, I guess? But the weird way this world works, it's taken away a lot of our plant powers, or whatever.
So Kni now does have to eat like a human would. But he's got this whole texture issue...

Anyway, I'm worried about you saying 'he's fine' after that, you know. I'm worried. Wait hold on. Espresso is coffee? are you sure he's fine!?

[ HELP

okay maybe kni isnt poisoned, but... god the caffeine rush the kid might be feeling soon... ]

he's gonna be bouncin off the walls soon.
...
he'll probably be fine.

He's totally fine I promise

[ The fact that Alberto doesn't respond to any other part of that message somehow just adds more cause for concern...? But he may just have to take Alberto at his word. Vash trusted a kid to teach a kid frankly how to... be a kid... This is what he got. ]

Totally fine huh

absolutely 100%?

i shouldnt be worried at all

[ ....god they're really just both kids, it's now hitting him in the face ]

Not at all! 🤠
I'll let you know when you should be worried.

[ Alberto, that's not as comforting as you think it sounds... ]

He's a resilient kid, so I'll trust you this time, okay?

[ heh
its fine
he's a literal alien
'what's the worst that could happen', etc ]

just keep me updated on things in the future, yes?

Like what kind of things?

I mean if he gets hurt or something obviously I'll tell you but he won't get hurt so what else?

[ Again: not as comforting as he thinks it sounds... ]

I'd like to think both you and Kni have the sense to call me if someone gets hurt.

No, I mean, just...

...

I dunno, I. Have a lot of faith in him to get better at 'making friends' with others.
I guess I'd just like to ... know how it's going.

My experience with Kni is completely different than how he interacts with anyone else, you know?

well, you should have faith!
We had fun today!
I mean I had fun but he didn't seem to NOT have fun HA!
And I don't think he was UNfriendly... he wasn't a jerk or anything.
I liked him. So I'm sure other kids will too.
Even if he's under the dogs, that's OK. Better even! he'll find the right people, don't worry.

you have no idea how happy that makes me, haha.

[ kni had the personality of an armadillo; or maybe a hedgehog. prone to rolling into a ball and being mean until he was left alone. the fact that alberto's saying he wasn't unfriendly gave him... hope. a lot of hope. ]

I'll leave my worries alone, then. and leave things in your capable fins.

HA! I'm onored. 😌🐟

We decided we're going to do Humaning Lessons on Fridays from now on! 🤗👨🏽‍🏫🙋🏼
So I'll do my best as a teacher. Promise!

Every Friday, huh...

Sounds good.
I'll have to grill him about it, too, then.
I'm hoping he'll have some good stories to tell, too.

He'll definately bring home good reports! 👍🏽
and I mean as long as their not stories about giant monster Sand Worms then I'm sure he'll have great stories for ME too. 😏😬😆

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text; backdated to the evening of 25 August

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