"Having to redo them every time seems like a hassle."

"It is kind of annoying sometimes, yeah. I don't take 'em out a lot."

He considers.

"...it's also kinda fun, though."

"I won't claim I'm shocked."

"Shocking news! Z is just a huge slut for having holes poked in him."

He opens the door and holds it for her behind him.

She laughs and twirls through the door.

Time to get off this campus!

Getting out of the dorm without being spotted is actually not that hard. In theory girls aren't allowed in this building, but in practice nobody really gives a shit.

What an excellent instance of apathy.

Telepathy makes finding a high-quality food location easier!

He's gonna trust Edie's judgement on the food location for that reason!

As they walk in that direction, he keeps reaching up and poking the slit where the neck-mouth is to make sure it's actually closed.

Is it hard to tell just by its own sense of touch?

i can feel that it's closed, i guess, but it's...new. so it's not really automatic yet.

Fair enough.

it's also kinda hard to tell the mouths apart sensation-wise right now. easier than in the shower, but...

That makes sense.

...where are we going, anyway?

Little sandwich place! Dingy enough to have low prices, but amazing sandwiches.

nice! best kind of sandwich place.

Ooh, good, I guessed right.

tiny holes in the wall with great food save my life all the time.

The appropriate response to that is probably to hug his arm and lean on him.

As far as he's concerned that is the appropriate response to almost anything.

He will vaguely walk-snuggle her all the way to the sandwich shop.

That is good.

The sandwich shop has a wide variety of sandwiches available. Many of them have meat.

Excellent.

He acquires an overly large ham-based sandwich and grabs a chair.

Edie gets something with cheese and eggs and mushrooms and joins him.

He is devouring this sandwich with slightly alarming focus. He wasn't kidding about being hungry.

Edie eats more sedately and with an affectionate smile on her face.