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For Sun-something? Hmm...

( He thinks about this carefully, while putting his tablet down to shuffle Lisko closer to his face. Hello, baby...getting gifts for a baby lizard is easy enough, but what does he want? )

A sweater or two would be nice, but I wouldn't mind if you surprised me. ( He's greatly enhanced his wardrobe in Shehui, but his closet could always use some expanding. Also, he likes to have some knowledge that he'll like what he's getting, but he's also morbidly curious about what Lalli would get him unprompted. ) What do you want?

Mm...

[Sweaters make sense. Something Lalli picks... What the heck would that even be? Well, it'd be a surprise to both of them.]

You already know the kind of stuff I want?

[What does one require other than soft things... What's the point of expanding your taste post-birthday?]

( Boring!!! But doable. Unbeknownst to him, he'll pick up anything else he sees that Lalli likes when they go shopping together. )

Alright, that's doable. It also feels silly to not get Lisko something more tangible...but I'm not sure what sort of gift to get a lizard.

[True...whatever tangible meant.]

A sweater that matches...?

[did they already get them a coat, a mystery]

What do little kids like?

Toys, clothes, food...everything, honestly.

( Add a coat and matching family sweaters to the list of Lisko Gifts. )

[Everything... What a stupid group of people, those kids, to be satisfied so easily.]

Then it shouldn't be hard to buy things for them.

They're a child, but also a lizard child. Do you think that'll make some difference?

( They do have that somewhat animal quality about them at times, somewhat evident now that they've decided to shove their snout in one of Emil's takeout containers. He would have shared more if you asked, babe... )

[okay, but that could also just be being raised by Lalli, who takes food from others' plates.]

I don't think a lot. They've been with us the whole time... Just for things like needing warmer coats than us, because of lizard skin.

( Lisko does sneaky steals, but if Lalli ever shoves his face into Emil's plate, he'll be concerned. )

Makes sense. ( The lizard babe lifts their face to look at Emil again, happily licking all of their face that their long tongue can reach. You can have the rest of that... ) You're working a lot recently, aren't you?

[Work!! A subject he's much more familiar and comfortable with.]

I guess so? They have a lot of things they need delivered.

We can go get them gifts next time you have a day off, if you want.

( Since this should of course be a family activity. )

[OH THANK THE GODS, HE'S GOING TO HELP HIM]

Yes. Okay. I'll tell them I want one after all, then.

Did you tell them you didn't want one?

( Like.....Lalli............... )

They asked when I wanted off, but I didn't really need it at the time...

I know you don't sleep, but don't overwork yourself. This is a city where you can really relax when you want to.

( Taking a job at all here sounds useless, but Lalli is really doing the most in Emil's eyes. )

I do? I have a lot more time than you do...and I like being able to feel useful again. A lot of people need things delivered.

Alright. As long as you're doing okay. ( There's no desire to push this issue, as he doesn't want to make Lalli think he's incompetent again or anything. He'll worry on his own. )

What sort of things do you deliver, anyway? Just packages?

I guess... It's a lot of different packages. And sometimes there are smaller deliveries, and it's food, maybe? Priority deliveries.

I think most things are to prepare for the sun festival, though.

You must be really busy. ( Emil is exhausted thinking about it, but also impressed! Lalli really can do a lot of amazing things Emil wouldn't even attempt to. )

If you deliver food, maybe you'll be the one to bring my order, sometime. The fact that they can bring you food to your house is incredible.

( He's not leaving Shehui without a few extra pounds. )

[yaaaay, Emil thinks he's impressive... That makes him feel good. It's like a dream come true!!]

Oh, maybe. [Maybe he'll start taking on more of those kinds of jobs...] I guess? It's cheaper to get it yourself.

Yes, but that extra cost is how delivery people get paid, right?

( He saw that extra charge on his receipt, yeah. That's your bread and butter, man!! )

Yes. I guess that's true.

[There's already a high demand for his services, though... Whatever, he doesn't know enough about this shit to feel more than vaguely...uncomfortable? about Emil's habits so far.]

Maybe if you deliver to my place, you can take a break, I don't know if I can make delivery boy requests...

( Delivery bosses might think that's Weird, but it's worth a shot... )

[…snrk.]

There are notes sometimes. You can try it.

If you ask me to, I'll listen.

[Like, unless there's something important needing to get done, of course.]

( Yay....lunch dates ahoy. Lalli's delivery bosses may or may not eventually talk to him about worktime fraternizing if Emil keeps that shit up. )

I will. When I do, I'll order extra so you can take lunch!

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