A fair fraction of the Amentans he encounters are reseasoning and even the ones who are successfully synced up to the local autumn think he is So Cute. They all know he's an immortal space alien but he's such a cute immortal space alien. Mostly this takes the form of people looking at him and smiling at him and being helpful when he asks for things - nobody else was getting free samples - but it may not be the reception he has in mind.

He's an Important Person helping the Amentans be okay here so he doesn't think it's that weird that people are okay giving him free things sometimes. But also he does find some of the looks sorta weird and is worried the amaliens will feel sorta out of place 'cause of them. Can he find any restaurants where staff look at him normal?

...yeah no. He is cute and tiny and unaccompanied and people are going to go gooey over him. The differences between the restaurants could be entirely down to the coincidences of who happens to have the most presently-autumning employees.

Sigh. He'll check around for a manager of one of the restaurants who seems sensible to him. 

The first hostess he asks wants to know what he needs the manager for, can she help him?

"I'm trying to figure out if this is a good place for a bunch of amaliens like me to come and have a meal at. Most of them don't like visiting the city and I want to make sure it's a good time for them when they do."

"Ooh, well, I think that'd depend on what they like - if it's a big group I recommend making a reservation so we can have a table set up for you and some of the long-legged chairs and whatever foods amaliens like best all ready when you arrive, but we don't have a separate party room, I'm afraid."

Hm, a separate party room would prolly help with how people look at amaliens funny. At least would mean not as many people doing it.

"Do you know what place has a party room? I think it sounds like a good idea."

"I believe the flatbread place across from the park with the huge fountain does."

Lucien heads there and see if he can get the manager to understand that people shouldn't stare at the amaliens or act weirdly to them.

"- weirdly how?"

Sigh.

"Like they should be treated special just cause of how they look like smaller Amentans."

"You're also another species, the first new species of people we've met, so that's also got people excited. Have people been rude to you -?"

"Not def-init-ly. Just feels a bit like Amentans think we're not fully people sometimes."

"That would really surprise me! I'd assume people are looking at you like they look at children? Children are people, just - do amaliens find things cute -"

Lucien says nothing, just stares with the tiniest bit of ... it could be disapproval, it could be skepticism. It's hard to tell.

(Lucien's heart is actually beating real hard. This is sorta scary to talk about. Maybe he can just not say words right now.)

"- you look a lot like us, when we're children, and we find children very cute, and have instincts to take care of them and help them and love them, and I can see why that would be irritating given that you're thousands of years old, but it's sort of like asking us not to flinch at a loud noise, a few people will be able to do it if they're expecting it but it'd be really hard to get everyone to not even sort of look at you like you're a cute child. If they were being rude that would be another matter, they shouldn't be rude, we all know you're actually ancient and not Amentan at all."

"Hmmm."

Words. He should say those so they don't think he's even smaller than they already do.

"That's why I was thinkin I could get a party room and have waiters who were warned in advance? It'll be a lot of amaliens first trip here and I want it to be good for them. If that's okay with you?"

"Sure, I can reserve you a party room and tell the waiters that. I don't know if they'll be perfect, I haven't had any of my current employees that long because everyone here's trying to figure out if they season and it's not great for job turnover, but I can tell them."

"That would be appreciated."

He'll reserve a room for a few days from now, and pencils it in his schedule (In purple. Big group things he is organizing are purple).

Room's all his, any special food he expects to want his party to order?

Vegetarian options are important. Nothing else, amaliens will try lots of things. Smaller portions might be ideal but it's not required.

Huh, do Amentan meats disagree with them, how strict do they need to be about cross-contamination there?

Lots of amaliens don't like eating dead animals cause it makes them sad. Cross-contam-in-ation should be okay he thinks, s'long as they don't taste it.

Milk and eggs and honey okay?