[CRUMBLING FOR A CRUMB IN REAL TIME] [grabbing at the fluff at the ends of her ears, whining, biting at her lip]

[side-ear]

[could do golden week, but too pussy to do it.]

bless you.

[Lee whines and grumbles a bit under her breath, but she tries her best not to let her temper flare up too strong. Pushing herself up with little noises of pain back to her feet, she takes the cup.] Don't put it so high next time, you know I... [Aaand she's pouting. Her ears even flatten out.]

Llllegal reasons.

[nodding sagely.] I've been there. It's okay. I don't mind clarifying if you're confused - there's no shame in just not getting it sometimes.

[Turning thinly red...] I - can probably try, but -

[admittedly, Lee just thinks that's a fancy way to call himself a food critic. amusement shows in her expression, even though her eyes remain shut - it's more in her lips and brow.] Call me Lee. How far back do you go, do you know?

... so what, you just have a detector for your name? [Lee doesn't speak in a mocking tone, only curious. confusion doesn't lead to frustration for Lee... so long as her questions are answered.-]

it sure is you. ... Eli knows you, but I don't.

Whuh- Fuckin' - I dunno how

... My lawyers are advising me not to.

God she's so-... gotta be nice, Lee.

[POUT.] ... i can't reach the cup you made me... you put it too high up...

... what? [turning Alpha's way a bit while setting the cup on the counter. y'know, where she can actually reach it.] how are you just gonna hear that?

[ouh. letting her ears flop back to normal posture with relief. sweet silence...] ... i can hear you following me.

i feel the fucking agony that's for SURE -

WHO JUMPS STRAIGHT TO THAT?

[please stop howling please stop howling please stop howling]

maybe, but i'd feel guil- [trying to stand up, pang of pain from the backside - ] [the loudest] DAMN IT [you've ever heard again]

[gagging.]

[Hard to not be 'much taller' than 4'4. Taking the cup, Lee gives a soft sigh & pops the lid as she wanders over to the coffee pot.] Write your number down & I'll text you if I need it.

Yeah, that's the one. [Pushing herself back up to standing now. Short little shit.]

[ ... wishing she could float a little more now.] No, bit further back. The one with that widens out halfway up.

[pout.] ... It's the silver one right there.

... [immediately embarrassed.] just... a cup that Eli left on the higher shelf...

Shithead. 💢

[a floor tile gets thrown]

yeah well im gonna be walking funny for at least an hour or two so i think i get one

... probably. [grumble. shuffling to get back up.] i need to buy a stepladder... 💢

[walking in the other direction.]

𝕴'𝖒 𝖆 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖜 𝖔𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑, 𝖓𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖋𝖚𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖘𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝕬 𝖌𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖊𝖗, 𝖍𝖆𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖘𝖈𝖊𝖓𝖊 𝕬𝖓𝖉 𝖎𝖋 𝕴 𝖌𝖊𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝕳𝖊𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓, 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖎𝖙 𝖘𝖊𝖙 𝖒𝖊 𝖋𝖗𝖊𝖊? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖘𝖆𝖞 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝕴'𝖒 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖘𝖆𝖛𝖎𝖔𝖗... #MVRP • #OCRP

[shielding her ears and grimacing strongly.]

[Climbing on her fucking countertops to get to the top cupboard-]

That's okay. [She... kind of figured Earth, but good to know that's part of the equation now. The idea of talking to something from beyond Earth is a little... she'll figure it out if it happens.] Just checking bases. Sometimes, jokes don't land because of language barriers, so.

[ sniff. ] [ sick. ]

[...] y. yes? [ears drooping a smidge.]

[side-eye but with ears.]

[ YOU KNOW WHY. ]

[she has good intuition.]

[if it were possible to glare with closed eyes, there it is.]

[biting her knuckles.]

[they're either gonna need to be made of metal or they will get broken eventually.]

[she'd probably get a migraine before she got far.]

[ ... no, she's probably gonna punch them. she's trying not to think about her height.]

[ staring at brick wall in 4'4. ] [biting the inside of her lip and trying not to think about it.]

Isn't used to it..? [Hm.] Where are you from? [She starts to think it's a language barrier. Sometimes, jokes go over people's head because of translation problems when English isn't a person's first language.]