"And I should teach you tzai."

Yeah.

Gosh look at how much hug there is. That is a lot of hug.

Eeeeeeeeee much hug yes good.

Dusk isn't the only one who's a little touch-starved.

Well. They can work on that.

Yes they can.

Eventually dinnertime approaches, and Daisy asks what they'd like and goes off to make it.

She's really improving as a cook.

Yeah. That potato thing was really good the other day, did you get some of that?

I did! I think potatoes will always be a little odd to me, but it was very definitely a good odd this time.

I bet she'd like to learn recipes for things you're used to. I know she's quiet about it but she does like you.

I'm glad.

The problem is that a lot of what I'm used to is stuff that's hard to get, off Tatooine.

"Ah."

And that's probably not an easy problem to solve, now that I think about it.

Nod. It's not a big deal. I can get my tzai stuff; everything else isn't as important.

Nod. Hug.

And potatoes really are a good substitute for Ansar root.

Good.

I grew up on a farming planet, so there's not much like that for me - a couple native spices I miss sometimes but most of what we ate was the same staples you can get anyplace.

That makes sense.

Nod. I wonder about some of the other kids sometimes, but I don't really miss it.

Not your parents?

I didn't really know them. My town did a creche, most of the kids' parents came by at least sometimes but mine weren't interested, we didn't get along very well.

I'm sorry to hear that.

"Mm." Snuggle. I don't think it would have been better for me if they'd kept trying. But it's a little sad that I missed that, I guess.

Not just that they didn't try--taking kids away from their parents... she shakes her head. It seems like an admittedly less extreme version of the rumors about the jedi.