"I think there's definitely some stuff you can do to help, but I'm still getting a sense of what's the most useful place for you..."

"If nothing's coming to mind, it might make the most sense for me to write something up about this world for the other clerics - not that they won't manage without, but better for them to be warned of any obvious mistakes before they make them."

"That'd be good! We can help with any questions, too."

He nods. "I'll have some, definitely, about what it's like in the rest of the world."

(Deskyl begins herding Desuka and DZ out, indicating that Tobirama should probably come too.)

Tobirama follows, leaving Hashirama and Raafi to flirt. (Mito leaves with Madara and Izuna to start arranging the upcoming summits).

Flirt? When there's all this work to do? Would Raafi do that? (Yes, absolutely. He keeps it at least fairly light, though.)

Fharlanghn lets him know a few hours later that the spaceship is in place, and he takes the opportunity to ask for a more permanent translation solution and gets back to work after it's dropped off.

Hashirama has no problem mixing work with more blatant flirting, at least.

Still, though, can't get too distracted from their work.

It's pretty important work! And there's more than enough of it to keep Raafi there until dinnertime.

Would he like to join Hashirama for dinner, then?

He'd love to. Will Mito be joining them?

She won't, this time.

That's fine. (Hand-holding: still pretty great.)

Does Hashirama want some help in the kitchen? 

That'd be great, yeah. Hashirama's pretty helpless with anything involving fire.

That's cute. Raafi isn't very familiar with the local appliances yet, but his best recipes are forgiving enough for the road, so that's not really a problem. He looks through Hashirama's cupboards and soon has noodles boiling, with a simple milk-based sauce to go on them, and honey herbed chicken and carrots roasting in a skillet.

Hashirama is dutifully impressed! He makes some arguably not cooking (or otherwise fool proof) things to go with it - a complicated salad, a kettle for tea, and then takes care of getting out dishes and setting the table.

Raafi finds a spare second to give him a squeeze around the waist and a kiss on the cheek before he brings the food to the table.

Heeeee!

"This looks really good!" he says, helping and beaming.

"I hope you like it! There's a little bit of halfling influence to this one, milk and honey is a traditional halfling combination." He sits and takes a moment to close his eyes and touch his holy symbol before serving himself.

"Neat!" He puts his hands together, says something quietly, then is rather boisterous about serving himself.

His boisterousness is very endearing, and Raafi isn't shy about watching. "What do you think?"

"It's delicious!" he says, carefully swallowing before he speaks.

"Good!" He tucks in himself, eventually bringing up one of the more engaging questions from the day's work as dinner conversation.

Hashirama is still very easy to talk to! He's good at keeping the conversation going, and sensing when a pause is awkward versus companionable, and breaking the former.

Raafi has no trouble holding up his side of the conversation, but aside from lots of eye contact and the occasional blush, he doesn't seem inclined to push things any farther.