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And here you got my hopes up. I should give you a noogie for that.

[But he's not reaching out for him, so.]

You'll have to catch me first.

[but he doesn't phrase it as a challenge as much as he just says it super blandly that it's hard to tell if he's being serious or not]

Maybe one day. [When he's not tense about touch. Friendly one thinh, bullying another.]

Also you can just ask me for things. I'm pretty good at getting Sparks.

[good plan; trying to noogie Twilight now might lead to questionable results]

Hm? Well. . . I don't think I need anything right now.

[and he will probably never outright ask for anything because he can earn his own way]

Got it. Just saying. No reason to not help out a teammate.

[. . . a soft huff]

Even when he didn't say or do anything to indicate he needed that help?

Considering the pattern I've seen on the train?

It'll probably be smart to make sure people know the option is on the table.

[you're a strangely good guy Dusk and it's taking a few days but he's slowly getting used to it]

Actually. . .

Now that I think about it, I may have one request.

[Gotta slowly build up to being a complete asshole.]

Yeah?

[NOBODY WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT ABOUT FACE]

Read me a bedtime story tonight.

[no]

[He is gonna break so many hearts. Everyone will know Aoko's pain.]

Sure.

[Don't think he won't.]

And make me bedtime cookies and a bedtime glass of milk.

[u know what, he totally expects Dusk to do this, so like. gonna milk it for all that he can]

[He absolutely will. He's been meaning to figure out if he xan cook.]

All right. [Getting up and pulling out his chain to make an order.]

[Since bedtime isn't long away.]

[JUST. . . HUFFS A LAUGH]

Is there any request you'd turn down?

Yeah, probably.

But I mean, I don't know if I can cook. So who knows what the next hour will be.

Don't burn down our kitchen.

-- the train's kitchen. Clover needs a kitchen.

I'm not gonna burn it down. There's a difference between bad at cooking and bad at fire safety.

Sometimes bad at cooking can translate into bad at fire safety, if you add oil to a hot pan instead of a cold one.

Don't put water on a grease fire. Putting the oven to two thousand degrees instead of four hundred is not advised for faster cooking. Also cookies don't need oil in a pan?

Does an oven even go up to two thousand degrees?

....

[One moment. Gonna test how high the oven goes.]

[Then back down to what he thinks is for cookies.]

It goes up to 550. Probably for the best.

Definitely for the best.

[what kind of fool would set an oven at 2000 degrees and burn down the train Twilight doesn't know, but. he believes it could happen]

[Neither does Dusk, he just knows in his soul not only would someone alter an oven to do so and then do it.]

I'm going to pick up the ingredients. Want to stay here or head back?

[MAD COOKING SCIENTISTS]

I'll come with you.

[since Dusk is so intent on seeing the request through, Twilight feels assisting with the grocery shopping is the least he could do]

Okay.

[Off to Clover for cookie ingredients and see if he xan cook! What can do wrong?]