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Mordecai started a little at the pat, not used to such casual contact.

: "Well, uh, we did live near the Saari Badlands, and we almost never had any trade. That was just the way of life for my clan." Lacking much else to do, having no idea how cornbread was made or even if Rika was pulling his leg about it, Mordecai grabbed some dirty cookware and started scrubbing it in the sink. Running water was another thing he had had to get used to, but he wasn't about to say so and make himself seem like even more of a rube.

: "Still, I'm looking forward to both of your dishes! Almost feel like skipping the stew entirely, as unhealthy as that would be."

Mordecai gets to whisking.

: "I'm honored, I guess. Food does seem to have a way of bringing people together; it's pretty universal across races and cultures from what Professor Ververs says."

: "Ah well...I don't really have any favorites. Potatoes I guess. Until I came here, most meals were whatever we could put on the table, and potatoes were hardy enough to grow even through a Calamity if it wasn't too strong." He hesitated a bit before plunging on. It wasn't exactly a secret what his people did, after all. "We did keep some livestock, goats and the like, but those were more for their blood than for meat."

: "What about you? You grew up on a farm, so I hear, you must have been surrounded by all sorts of interesting foods."

Mordecai wasn't really sure what to make of Rika's extra-familiar way of speaking. It reminded him of the way some of the elders addressed their great-grandchildren.

: "Never met a stew I didn't like, though I've never had fish stew - you called it 'gumbo'? - before. It sounds strange to me...though of course I'm not one to judge." He added that last bit hastily, painfully afraid of insulting his classmate. Not only was she being perfectly polite, she was also rather taller than he was and much better muscled.

: "Ah, I wonder what else should be served. We could use an extra set of hands."

Mordecai, who had been absorbed in his work, jumped slightly when Rika addressed him.

: "Oh, hello! I didn't know what you'd find in the greenhouse, so I thought I'd start with something simple. It's just some stew using school ingredients. I trust you found something a bit more deserving of a celebration?"

That doesn't sound like Team Fortress at all.
/s

: "Whew. That's the last of this bunch."

Mordecai dusted off his hands and looked back at Delwyn.

: "Thanks for the support. I think...yes, it sounds like the battle is nearly wrapped up. Shall we head over, or do you want to take a break?"

Even the oblivious homunculus managed to notice that Marta was looking and acting a bit strange, though he had only the vaguest notions of what the inventor might be thinking. Still, he took extra care to look Marta in the eye.

: "Miss Marta, I would be delighted if you chose to help us out. I am certain the others would agree as well."