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Azure paused thoughtfully about what Kahua had just said. "I'm sorry if I said anything..." Azure felt bad for saying any thing he had just said. Sometimes it was difficult for him to understand the concept of family, even if Trager was like a sister to him. The scent of food wafted towards his nose, and Azure began sniffing. It had been a long time since he had smelled anything like that. The scent of warm cooked food, and the exotic smells blending. He wasn't a master chef, obviously, but when you had gone so long without food like that it was a beautiful aroma.

Azure blinked at Brandy as she interrupted his peaceful food meditation. "It's probably not what you think..." Azure started. "Your mom is very nice..." He paused awkwardly, avoiding her gaze and unsure what to say, he really was out of practice at this whole socializing thing. "So... uhm, what were you doing outside?" He asked her.

Azure was speechless. "Well... uhm.... I don't know what you think... I just don't want you to think I'm here for anything... bad." He managed to stammer out. This female was especially intimidating. It was hard for him to believe she was related to the sweet, motherly Kahlua. He had to wonder who her father was, that she got her fiery hair and personality from.

In the moment that Brandy had first entered the home he had been so startled and confused that he had hardly noticed what was in the bag she carried, he had even struggled to remember that there had been a bag. "Oh so that's what I've been smelling..." he hesitated, slightly embarrassed "I'm glad you chose the gentler weapon for me..." It was probably the first joke he had managed to come up with in a long time, but his tone was flat and quiet. "So you like to fish, huh?" It was getting more difficult for Azure to be alone with Brandy.

Azure felt defenseless and particularly cowardly, just like he had been before. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything that way" Azure could have hit his head every time something came out of his mouth, he wasn't doing that great, but it had been awhile.

Azure was relieved when Kahlua came back into the room. "Oh, wow this looks great" Azure politely told Kahlua when he got his meal. He looked at her curiously, wondering where her food was, but when she came back with a plate of food he felt comfortable enough to start eating. He took a large gulp of his spinach when she asked him a question, it didn't really sound good to say his sister forced him out today. He chewed on some food to give him time to think and then responded. "I just kind of wanted to relax and spend some time in the forest. It's a... beautiful... walk." It wasn't entirely untrue, he had used to go on walks like that all the time when he was younger, it was one of his favorite places to be.

Azure felt a weight come off his shoulders as Brandy stopped shooting lasers at him so that she could eat. Deep breath. "I have a hut in the forest... its kind of hard to explain exactly where it is, but it wasn't far from where we ran into each other. I hadn't been walking very long." He was kind of amazed at how much he had been talking, it was more then usual and his throat was starting to feel a little dry from it all, but it kind of felt good. Azure took another bite, strange to be eating real, cooked food for once. "You're a good cook," Azure complemented her, still trying to be polite and conversational, even if he didn't feel very good at it right now.

"Yeah, I can't imagine why we haven't." Azure could very easily imagine why it hadn't happened. What he could imagine happening was that Kahlua had run into his sister and had set up this whole thing. He thought for a moment that he had been caught in his lie of not getting out to socialize, but it had been directed at Brandy, he couldn't help but release a hesitant laugh. "Oh thank you for the offer..." Azure was searching for a way to get out of it, it was clear that Brandy didn't want him there, and well he wasn't sure he wanted to be here, even if the food was good and Kahlua was nice. Strangely, he had been happier with his moping.

There it was, the catch, he could sense Trager playing puppet all over this, but ever polite Azure had no choice but to respond, even without knowing what the favor was, "You've been so hospitable, of course."

Azure's worry peaked when he saw Kahlua's cheeks flush, oh no, what was it going to be. He bit his lower lip in anticipation. There it was, he was caught, oh yes, Trager had definitely been involved in this scheme. The blue boy was silent, letting Brandy have her moment to rage. Meanwhile fighting his own internal battle. The other pae clearly hated him, and he might be dead if he took her, but he had kind of already said yes, and how was he to deny Kahlua who had been so kind and helpful to him. This whole thing seemed like plain manipulation to get two antisocial pae out into the world. Azure rethought the situation, it wasn't as if he was taking Brandy to the dance as a date, he just had to chaperon her and then they could go their separate ways and she could be angry at someone else. That sounded like a good plan to him. "Uhm, yes, I'd love to." he stated again, his throat felt like it was closing in on itself. Azure wondered what the chances were he would even live to see the dance, Brandy probably wasn't capable of killing him, right?

It would certainly save Azure some trouble and pain if Brandy was the one who backed out of it. "You're welcome, its the least I can do." Azure was pretty sure that wasn't true, this was probably the worst thing anyone could come up with for him to do. "I'm sure she'll lighten up, I'm pretty irresistible once you get to know me." He chuckled hesitantly, it was all he could come up with to say with how nervous he was and how awkward this situation was. He sincerely hoped she wouldn't lighten up. Azure remembered the last set up he had been a part of, that had been painful.