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[tired, oh so tired:] Akira, what is your plan?

[that's what he was hoping]

Mm. Good luck.

Thanks.

[glancing back at his lock picks]

Still a no on that hot chocolate?

[. . . sighing]

I prefer coffee.

So do I.

I thought I'd change it up when you commented on my coffee habits, though.

Unlike you, I can control how much coffee I drink, though. Unless you're trying to say you can't make coffee and not drink it?

I can, but I see no reason why I should in these circumstances.

And do you normally drink coffee like water?

No.

Here, it's good at calming my nerves.

It's a stimulant. You're associating the context in which you previously drank coffee which did calm your nerves with the sensation of drinking coffee.

[there's a pause, because. . . well. yeah. that's 100% true. because coffee is associated with Leblanc. Leblanc is associated with Sojiro, and Futaba, and Morgana. those three are associated with family]

[and family is a comfort]

Is that really so bad?

No, but you can remove the middle man, i.e. coffee.

And replace it with what? Just memories?

And with something that isn't a drug if you want to hook the association onto something. Candy, toast, sweets.

Edited 2017-12-31 05:11 (UTC)

[small whine]

None of those sound nearly as good. . .

Because you have an addiction and false association.

I'm pretty sure 80% of the world is addicted to caffeine.

It's lower than that. Not that much of the world even has access to clean water.

I didn't-- I didn't mean that literally.

Oh.

. . . Well.

[#awkward]

[. . .]

[an amused snort]

You're getting there. You probably need to tell and hear a few more jokes before they come naturally to you.

They come pretty naturally. I'm usually the only one laughing most of the time, though.

. . . your sense of humor must be pretty unique.

And I spent too much time with forensics.

Not everyone likes jokes about dead people, I guess.

[Akira's one of those people sometimes, but also, morbid humor has a time and a place!1]

Severed limbs and missing spleens are universal, however.

[look, it's a joke!!!]

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