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Sadde and Relay in summer camp
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"You'll see."

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"My interest is piqued," he responds, face approximately curious, and then he continues eating.

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Kaede makes himself some tea and drinks it and eats a muffin and studiously ignores his father.

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Nom.

Anthony tries to think of something to say. He turns to Kaede and opts to go for something simple. "So, uh – Samantha said you had other siblings? Or another?"

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He looks at his father—

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—who says, "Jonathan's at a friend's. He's a bit older than Samantha. Did Kaede never tell you?" There is not even the slightest hint of reproach in his voice.

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"I had a bit of trouble keeping everyone straight, at camp." He shrugs, trying to seem nonchalant.

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"Well, it's just the two of them, and Kaede," Takuma explains. "Samantha's seven, Jonathan's eight."

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"Ah." Pause. "Samantha's very shy."

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"She is. Takes after her mother, that way. She'll open up eventually."

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Nod. "Is Jonathan the same, or…?"

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"No, he's much more outgoing. If you stay for dinner you'll see."

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"Oh, uh – may I?" he asks, half of Takuma and half of Kaede.

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"Naturally."

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"Okay then!" he smiles. (Heck, does Kaede's dad have to be charming.) "Do you mind if we, um –" Gesture. "Get back to games?"

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"I do—without me. I said I was gonna show you what real gaming's like, so I am!" He gets up and makes his way to the console.

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Oops. "Right!"

Anthony follows, glancing at Kaede.

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Kaede seems mostly resigned to the fact that his father is going to charm the pants out of his boyfriend.

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Not really the vibe Anthony wants to give off, at least not to Kaede, but he doesn't know how to get that across.

"Racing game, or something else?" he asks.

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"Something else," he says, looking around until—" Aha. This one." It's a kombat game.

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Anthony has some passing experience with games like this but has not played them a ton!

"Oh," he says. "I'm not sure I'll be very good at it."

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He starts it up. "No one is until they try."

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He pulls a face, briefly, but shrugs. "Sure."

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"Come on, try this little tutorial thing to get the basics of the controls," Takuma says, offering Anthony the controller.

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Anthony takes it.

Little tutorial thing, here he comes! … With slight trepidation!

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