[It's come up. What is it now?]

[Well, all the everything, but this particular time it's the Wikipedia thing. I have a pretty good memory, but eidetic would be so cool.]

[It's great. I have a co-worker who wants me to come to pub quizzes, but, uh.]

['But, uh'? Somewhat ethically dubious?]

[Nah, not especially, but I feel like the pub environment loses something if one doesn't drink, and I wouldn't drink even if I were 21.]

[Oh, right, people'd want you to drink and there's that age thing, right.]

[And everybody else would be drinking! I'm just not seeing an upside here.]

[You'd have a really really easy time winning?]

[It's a pretty meaningless contest.]

[Yeah. Maybe quizzes at places other than pubs?]

[Is there a non-meaningless-contest you have in mind?]

[Not really, just trying to imagine a way to get the positives without the negatives, I'm pretty sure the point of these quizzes isn't to actually be challenging or anything, they're just innocent bonding experiences.]

[Sounds lovely for nerdy extroverts!]

[Yeah, that.]

She rubs her cheek on Isabella's leg.

Pet pet. [D'you have room for dessert?]

[Yes, definitely.]

So Isabella orders them coconut-based fake ice cream.

Which she presumably cannot hand feed her pet?

Not once it's melty. When it's not she'll chance it.

Eeeee best dom. And tasty ice cream.

It's true!

And after they have departed the weirdo vegan place they can go for a stroll around and Isabella can point out locations that are useful to know (subway stops, other good food places, nonfood stores of various sorts) and then they can go back up to the apartment.

Sadde is not used to New York winters! But still enjoys the stroll immensely, not the least because eeeeee Isabella.

"I will probably need more than exactly one jacket to survive this winter, I think."

"Is it not warm enough?"

"It's reasonably warm? But we did buy it in Arizona, I think there are probably things that will hold up better to be found here. Also, variety."

"Okay, I'll give you some spending money and you can go get one while I'm at work tomorrow."