[ Kaveh smiles at that, nodding in the next moment. ]
Yeah. Okay. I can concede that. [ It can, after all, be something that's useful to the both of their moods. Unlike Basch, he's not really thinking about how the meal has been paid for; after all, he gained a large amount of capital in his early months here just by having a boyfriend. Being here is so far away from being at home, where he has to check on his finances what feels like every few minutes... here, they hardly concern him at all.
What the other says next surprises him, though; he pauses in looking through the menu to glance up at Basch instead, a curious tilt of his head in the soldier's direction. ]
You've been in prison? [ he asks. They've talked about war, of course—but they've never talked about his being imprisoned...
He has a recommendation for something hearty, but it feels like the wrong time to offer it just now. ]
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Yeah. Okay. I can concede that. [ It can, after all, be something that's useful to the both of their moods. Unlike Basch, he's not really thinking about how the meal has been paid for; after all, he gained a large amount of capital in his early months here just by having a boyfriend. Being here is so far away from being at home, where he has to check on his finances what feels like every few minutes... here, they hardly concern him at all.
What the other says next surprises him, though; he pauses in looking through the menu to glance up at Basch instead, a curious tilt of his head in the soldier's direction. ]
You've been in prison? [ he asks. They've talked about war, of course—but they've never talked about his being imprisoned...
He has a recommendation for something hearty, but it feels like the wrong time to offer it just now. ]