"Kaveh made it. Says it's his mother's recipe. Nothing much I can do to stop him once he's started."
Alhaitham's eyes stop for a few seconds on the boy's, then blinks and gazes away, back to the document he's redacting.
"Of course I didn't think you died. Welcome back."
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"β¦ You thought I died?"
Says the boy who disappeared forβ¦ a while. But in his defenseβa round trip to the nationβs edge is difficult!
Staring down the other, a small crease in his brow.
βI thought you didnβt like stewβ¦β
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"Oh, you are alive."
Passes a page of his book.
"There's stew in the pot, if you are hungry."
