I can do that. [He looks thoughtful.] Actually, that might be perfect. Going to parties is terrifying because of all the people I don't know, and how many there are. Throwing something myself would be a good way to just...get my feet a bit wet. Have something smaller.
I love cooking for people. It's how I... [He makes a gesture from his chest to the air.] It's how I really show people I care about them. I mean, that's also my job, I love that about my job, but this is more, um, an art. It says the things I can't say any other way.
[ If anything, his confusion makes her grin wider. ]
Because you care about people enough to want to show it, which means more than just words. You enjoy cooking, and sharing that with people means they get to keep living another day, ya know?
[A gentle smile, like he has, at long last, taken a compliment and it has genuinely touched him.]
Something about...giving people something to sustain them. Healing or cooking. Or even just, just giving them an ear when they need to talk, that's what a lot of patients need more than the physical healing. I love it, and it's a privilege, it's not, there's not something I sacrifice for other people when I do it, I am getting something out of it. And food, nothing puts things right and makes peace better than a good meal. If there was more sitting down and having meals, the world would be better. If there was more listening, the world would be kinder. And the world is really fucking unkind, so--I could probably write this down as a toast for the dinner.
[By the end, Colin is practically boneless and watching her in rapture. When it ends, he gives a blissful sigh as if he'd been holding his breath the whole time.]
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[That way, Benedict could come...]
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You're such a good person, Col.
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Because I like to cook?
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Because you care about people enough to want to show it, which means more than just words. You enjoy cooking, and sharing that with people means they get to keep living another day, ya know?
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Something about...giving people something to sustain them. Healing or cooking. Or even just, just giving them an ear when they need to talk, that's what a lot of patients need more than the physical healing. I love it, and it's a privilege, it's not, there's not something I sacrifice for other people when I do it, I am getting something out of it. And food, nothing puts things right and makes peace better than a good meal. If there was more sitting down and having meals, the world would be better. If there was more listening, the world would be kinder. And the world is really fucking unkind, so--I could probably write this down as a toast for the dinner.
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Unless you would then start to agonize about getting the words right on paper and make it even more stressful, in which case don't do that.
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What's your art?
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I...dunno.
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[ Well. ]
Besides sex. Or singing. But I don't think sex counts.
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I guess so. I just like to know I'm making people I like feel good.
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[He doesn't want to pressure her.]
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[ No bashfulness about singing, then. Just about the softer side of sex stuff. ]
Sulahnan means the land of song, after all.
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That's...wow. Wow.
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First song I heard when I went to Rivain.
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I just...sing. Whaddya mean how do I do it?
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