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"Hello, you've ... um, I mean ... This is Katsuki Yuuri. You can leave a message if you want."

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Unless you're not up to the challenge?

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But—that's not special!

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Have you ever done it before?

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I cooked those few times in Hasetsu? It didn't turn out very well though ...

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So give it a try here. Surprise me.

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I'm not sure it'll be a good surprise ... but okay.

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It doesn't have to be, Viktor. Mess up a surprise for once in your life.

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[ He blinks at the phone, genuinely surprised at such a suggestion. ]

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... It's really okay. You know that, right?

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[ His expression smooths back out after a beat, softening until it's nothing but fondness and something close to gratitude. ]

... Mmm. Okay.

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Good. I'll help with dishes after.

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No, no. That was part of my challenge, right?

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... Are you sure, Viktor?

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You think I can't?

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I guess not.

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... Wait, does that mean you don't think I can, or that I can't?

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I think you can.

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Ah, got it. English is confusing sometimes.

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Yeah, I get tangled up too. Verbs are hard.

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You'd think that someone here might have made a translator like in Space Trip. Then we could speak in our native tongue and still understand each other.

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Wait. How do people understand each other here? We don't all speak English.

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[ He blinks, one hand coming up to rub at his head. ]

That's a good question. Maybe there is something already?

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We can look through our comm maybe.

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Mmm, we can look after your practice.

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All right. Good luck with the cooking.