Lianne helps him with the paperwork, and they're pretty good at defining how long of an interval it is before you're Definitely Staring.

He writes like someone who knows what the shapes of letters are and is good with his hands, but has never had reason to combine these skills before.

Eh, as long as it's legible...

They get called up eventually, and Jonathan has to answer questions about his name, spelling of his name, current residence, current plans (despite this having been in the paperwork), get his picture taken, and then get a packet of information. His identification cards will be mailed to the address listed here in one to four weeks. He can have a printed out piece of paper that will suffice until then as proof he came to the office.

Oh good, they're done and they can leave. Four weeks‽ Sigh.

"Yeah, government offices are like that," they say on the way back to the car. 

“I guess four weeks isn't much in a lifetime.”

They can not only go to the car, but get in to the car and … go where?

Lianne's of the opinion it's food time, and they should go out to eat! Is Jonathan craving anything, or does anything from this list of nearby food places sound interesting?

Oh! Food! That is a thing! Yes! Definitely!

He doesn't know things about food so they should go try whatever.

They laugh. A buffet with a wide range of options, maybe... A lot of buffets trend towards mediocre but there's a good Indian one nearby.

Onwards! To food!

Onwards!

“What makes food Indian?”

"Usually being food from the Indian subcontinent, or invented by people of that culture. India's a rather large nation, with its own food traditions."

Well he meant to ask about what the food was like, but —

“What's a subcontinent?”

They explain basic macro-geography!

His questions on the topic meander to terrains and climates, and the challenges of exploring or living in them.

Buffet?

Buffet!

It's pretty good. The spicy food is clearly labeled, and Lianne explains the concept of 'spicy' and suggests he not get too much of that to start. There is a lot of vegetarian food, and three styles of rice, and naan, and a lot of assorted variations on the theme of 'vegetables and/or cheese and/or meat in sauce.'

Okay so buffet means he can try EVERYTHING. Whoo okay that's what spicy is. He will still try some of everything though. Most of everything goes well on top of rice.

“This is great!”

"I'm glad you think so!" They're being not quite as adventurous with their meal, but they do already know what they like, so.

The food does not occupy quite his entire attention. There is also looking the decor and watching the other patrons. And Lianne.

(But if she wants to have a conversation over lunch, like lots of other people are doing, she will have to start it because he doesn't have any ideas.)

They mostly ask about whether he feels like he's settling in okay, but they don't seem inclined to really chat over meals.

Then he will have occasional questions about the food and the things and people in general.

Which they answer in pretty good detail.

After food: "Do you want to just head back to the house, now?"

He considers this question.

“I don't — want to do something else, I guess? And we've been doing things for me and let's do what you want, now, anyway.”

"Alright. There's a history museum I'd like to go to, lately. They got a new exhibit in, so now's as good a time as any."

He pauses like something about this answer was surprising, but says, “Okay!” cheerfully enough.

Now how do they leave a restaurant?

Lianne gets the server's attention, gets the ticket, explains to Jonathan what they're doing as they pay, and also explains how to tell the value of cash and how to leave a tip.