Pop Goes The Question

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Spring was here--there was no doubt about that. Tony, in his age, had grown susceptible to chilly weather but he had his limits. Blessedly, the weather in the alternate dimensional San Luis Obispo grew hot but not overly humid. Even excepting the fact Tony's nanoparticle clothing could buffer against most weather conditions, Peter had been in the habit of borrowing the arc reactor with some regularity to convene with the AIs within, forcing Tony into the miserable position of having to weather regular clothes.

There was a better way of letting the boy spend time with his friends. He just had to get off his ass and make one.

The thoughts of the heat turned to thoughts of the tall figure lounging beside him on the glossy stool and instead of resuming his current task (what to have for lunch), unspoken questions were written on his face as he stared sideways at Loki.

"It's a cuisine thing." Tony concluded apropos of nothing as he poured over the daily menu drawn in chalk mounted proudly a few feet away.

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Assuming Stark was referring to his seemingly endless perusal of the menu, Loki waved one hand, calculated to be readable as either dismissal or an invitation to expand on the topic. It depended entirely on the other side’s interpretation. “Pick something at random, then. That’s what I do.”

In truth, it wasn’t. A consequence of not caring much about food was having to pay attention and consciously attend to things like nutritional balance. Random selection could cause more problems than its ease resolved.