What an appealing look for you, Kai. Appealing enough to draw a tiny puff of a laugh out of Shinji, just a short 'pff', but a very nice change of pace from the heavier feelings still settled on his shoulders.

"Okay, okay," he'll give Kai just a minute to actually finish eating that mouthful while he moves over to the replicator, using his free hand to coax a little bit of ice out of it.

The cozies

draw ever nearer.