TEXT; UN: J.SHEPPARD

[impavid]

Alright, new pop quiz. When you think of home, what do you think of?

[ Open question, which he's not going to expand on unless prompted -- though really he's curious about something specific. Do people consider Olympia or Wyver their home now? Maybe the Natha station? Or do they think of home worlds they've been told no longer exist? ]

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[impavid]

What's your favourite thing from Pop's Diner?

[sweetwater]

It's a tie between the strawberry shake and the cherry phosphate.

[impavid]

[ Cherry phosphate! How retro. ]

I'm guessing they don't make anything nearly as good here?

[sweetwater]

[ indeed! and almost inexplicably so, given that she also misses Instagram a lot. ]

There's nothing like it. The food here is lacking, don't you think?

[impavid]

[ John is from before Instagram, is that lucky or unlucky? Who knows. ]

I indulge in the station making whatever I want now and then, although it isn't the same as being in a real greasy spoon I guess.

[sweetwater]

[ a little of column a, a little of column b. ]

Even the best chef in the universe couldn't replicate the milkshake I grew up drinking. They might make one that tastes better but you can't discount the importance of nostalgia.

[impavid]

Yeah, I get what you mean. Obviously that means you need to own a place and make your own milkshakes, though, so we can learn to be nostalgic about those.

[ Also, so he can taste them. ]

[sweetwater]

You think there's a market for that here? An Earth-style diner?

[impavid]

Well there's definitely a few earth folk here, I'm pretty sure they'd eat there just for a sense of home.

[sweetwater]

What about you? What would you want to see on the menu?

[impavid]

Steak sandwich. Loaded cheesy fries. Chili fries. Loaded chili cheese fries.

[ Now he's hungry. ]