"Okay, that really appeals to my sense of humor. A whole pile of bowlers and no obvious source is more fun than just trading it back and forth." She grins. 

She giggles and nods. "Neo even spent a day shadowing him. He just suddenly had another at one point, and he wasn't even anywhere near his house or any of his stashes when it happened. It's not even his Semblance, either. That's a coordination and recon thing."

"Can you imagine that semblance? My soul has decreed that I have infinite bowler hats."

She dissolves into giggles at that point. Thankfully, the waitress interrupts her gigglefit by dropping off their meals. Two plates of delicious-looking baked salmon fillets.

Lilian smiles and ducks her head and accepts her plate. "I wonder what item I'd get as my infinite bowler hat semblance. Maybe hair ties?"

"That could be pretty convenient. Easy to lose those."

She takes a bite of the fish. It's sweet and flavorful and perfectly done, with bits of ginger and garlic.

She takes a forkful of her fish as well. 

She chews, swallows. 

"... Wow, that's worth the whole trip all by itself."

"I know, right? Their fish is some of the best in Vale. It's only affordable because the owners are committed to staying accessible, and because the worst of the rich assholes refuse to come to a Faunus-owned restaurant." She shrugs. "Their loss."

She has another sip of sake, and pours refills if they need it.

She'll have some more sake, sure. 

"I'm really glad you showed me this place. One more thing to add to your list. It's just getting longer and longer."

She leans across the small table and presses a gentle kiss to Lilian's lips. "And I'll keep showing you more new things until long after you lose count, if you let me."

Lilian ducks her head. "You know I like a girl with a long list. And several dozen loaner bowler hats."

She smiles tenderly, and then sporfles abruptly at the reminder of the hats.

"Oh good. Finally, a use for them."

"You could give one to everyone on the team, make it part of your collective uniform."

She takes another forkful of her salmon. 

"Mmmm... I may have to take some time from the conversation just to eat this."

"Extremely valid."

She takes a bite of her own fish and mostly succeeds at stifling a moderately indecent noise.

That gets a smile from Lilian. 

And she is going to focus on eating this heavenly salmon now. 

Several blissful minutes later, their plates are empty and the waitress is offering a dessert menu if they'd like one.

Dessert would just be the capstone on this excellent meal. 

"I would love a dessert menu, thank you."

Sable would love one as well. She looks over the menu after they've each been handed one. In addition to typical options like cheesecake, the Golden Lotus also offers "chocolate pear ice cream", which is hazelnut ice cream, molded into the shape of a pear, and then encased in a chocolate shell.

"The chocolate pear is really good," Sable notes, ordering one for herself.

"I'll have one too, then. Your recommendation for the main course was absolutely worth it, so..."

The waitress collects their menus and departs.

Sable just smiles sappily at Lilian for a moment.

... She leans in and kisses her. 

"We are such a sappy couple."

Sable returns the kiss happily. "We are. It may be my fault. I have a sappy streak as big as campus."

She smiles. "So," she says. 

She pauses. 

So after this...

The words won't quite come. 

She runs a hand through her hair. "This has been really, really fun so far," she says. "Dessert might be more than I can take on top of all this." She smiles slightly. "But I've already ordered, oh no."

"Oh no," she replies with a grin, "you're clearly doomed to being overwhelmed by a delightful evening. However shall you cope?"

"However will I cope indeed." She smiles, ducks her head. "The more I learn about you the more I like you. You just..  Yeah." She touches her lips with her thumbnail. "You're just so good."