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[Renee got a slight smile for her no offense comment and the fish comment. So he dug a little deeper and found a few other things.]

I can do them on skewers or as sushi if you're familiar with that.

[Ignis had just stood up when he heard her ask for coffee. So he got right on it.]

Coffee coming right up, though it looks like we have something resembling steaks. Would you prefer those instead?

[Really Renee, you have a very competent chef on your hands here.]

I don't think I've ever even had sushi before, but I've heard people rave about it. Is it really any good, or is it one of those acquired tastes?

[If Ignis is talking about it, he's probably had it, so he'd know. Renee knows everyone's taste is different, too, but she's had hunger born of desperation before, and that can change one's mind when it comes to having aversions to certain tastes or textures.]

Salmon steaks, or steak steaks? Because I think I trust you. [Mostly because he really does sound competent. Not his fault she's fairly indecisive on a good day. Not to mention without repeat meals she really wouldn't be picky at all.] But if it's like...steak steak, well...

I don't think you could go wrong with whatever you decided to make, though, with the way you're talking. Sounds like you've got experience with cooking. [Which is really more than a bit admirable.]

[He thinks a moment.]

Some say it's an acquired taste, it is raw fish after all.

[Hearing Renee debate on the food, Ignis delivers the cup of coffee to her along with creamer and sugar. What he still wouldn't give for a good can of Ebony coffee. And when he answers, Ignis looked right at her.]

Steak steak of course.

[As he heads back once he reached the kitchen, his head turned back to look back at her after taking a sip of his own coffee.]

I'll see what I can do.

Iggy, there's real steak in there? Who did we kill? [Probably no one. Or maybe a cow. Still, she's downright shocked that there's real meat and not just fish in there--but wait.

Isn't there a kid who doesn't eat fish on the train? She wasn't sure, but Renee thought she'd heard that somewhere in passing. And that thought just stops her in her tracks. She can't eat someone else's steaks--no matter how badly she might want to. And boy, does she.]

No, hold on. I think there's someone who can't eat fish here, that's probably theirs. I can't do that. I might be tired of salmon, but I can eat it, you know? [With some whining, but there's always some whining with her, when it comes down to it.]

So salmon...and you do that, I trust you. [At least as far as cooking and food was concerned, that is.]

[Green eyes look at Renee at the question.]

We didn't kill anyone.

[Before he can get anything out of the refrigerator, her comment about not eating the steaks halts him. Setting them back where they were with a sigh, he grabs the salmon and sets that down to prepare.]

Skewers will be acceptable then?

[And then Ignis has more coffee.]

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Sorry. [She heard that sigh! Renee didn't mean to be frustrating--at least not this time. She'd admit to it other times, sure, but not this one.]

Yeah, that sounds good. Are you gonna have some too? [He might've had dinner himself before she got there, but Renee's not going to count on that one. Especially when they'd agreed to have dinner together.]

If you made this, you make pretty darn good coffee. [Because she at least tries a sip before she makes an attempt to doctor it with cream and sugar. She's not a consistent coffee drinker, so it does get doctored, but just with a splash of cream and a spoonful of sugar. Didn't need much.]

[She got a look because seriously how can she ask that question?]

We decided to have dinner together, didn't we?

[So as he's preparing dinner, he looks over at Renee again with the coffee. Lifting his mug he took a drink before answering her.]

Call it years of practice.

[She has the grace, if you can call it that, to look sheepish.] Uh. I was serious, sure, but I mean--it's not--I'm not used to having an offer like that succeed, okay?

[Nor does Renee usually make offers like that, but she's not going to tell Ignis that, either. She doesn't think she's anything special--far from!--and she doesn't want him to get the wrong idea.]

I have practice too, and it's not like mine is like this! [Really Renee, you can't help it if your dad bought trash coffee. At the Institute, she didn't get to practice because usually there was someone else up before she was.] Besides, you're not that much older than I am!

[Now Ignis is confused.]

Your friends don't have dinner with you?

[He half frowns as she compliments him for the coffee. Really there's better stuff out in the world and if they would only go home for that.. And then.. what?]

What does my age have to do with anything?

[Cue more confusion.]

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For that, I'd actually have to have friends. [Renee knows Pete and Gwen might let her, but she doesn't like to bother them. It's a strange sort of respect for them and their budding relationship, out of her. They've never made her feel like a third wheel, and Renee's pretty sure they wouldn't start, but still. She's maintaining her comfort zone, there.

Noticing his frown, she's on the defensive, then.] What's that look for?

[She shakes her head at his age question.] My old man wouldn't even let me touch the coffeepot until I was like ten years old, or he'd spank me. [Putting that mildly.] So it's like, 'when did you start making coffee'?

[Just keep adding to the confusion there Renee. Ignis has seen her with other people he'd assumed were her friends.]

You're saying you don't have friends here?

[That's news to him certainly but he sighs as she seems somewhat alarmed at him and he shook his head.]

I meant no offense. I've simply had better coffee back home though I thank you for the compliment.

[With Renee's explanation, he nodded.]

I suppose ten years is a fair assessment.

I definitely don't have friends at home. I keep to myself, there. [And only half of that is because she still considers herself kind of dangerous. Between her temper and her enhanced strength, Renee worries. So she keeps herself apart.]

I'm...learning here. There are at least people who seem to like me at least. Gwen. Pete. Manabu puts up with me. [She kind of trolls him, though, so that's on her.] I'm a pain in Tony's ass. And yours, too, probably.

[Because here she is.]

Oh, are you used to the fancier coffees? Like kopi luwak or something? [Renee's heard of that stuff before, but never experienced anything fancier than like...Taster's Choice. And if she knew her coffee, she'd know that kopi luwak was more a gimmick, nothing to write home about.]

[Once she starts naming off people, Ignis nods though he's disappointed to hear that Renee doesn't have friends at home. The reference to asses has him blink down at the salmon he's about to finish flavoring. He's already heard way too much about his own ass today.]

You're not a pain, I assure you.

[His expression goes blank when she starts mentioning things he's unfamiliar with. So he puts the salmon in the oven and then looks at her thoughtfully.]

N..no. Where I'm from had their own coffee.

[She can't help but bark out a laugh at Ignis at that. Renee just...doesn't buy it. She knows he's polite and diplomatic. She couldn't blame him if he was spinning that right now.]

You're nice to say that, but I'm not sure I believe you. Though I don't think you're a liar either. So I'm just fuckin' confused, I guess.

[Best to be honest, here.] Oh, something proprietary I guess? Like Costa Rica or Brazilian, or Sumatran. [A beat.] I could go for some Sumatran, that was a real treat. Oh, yeah. Coffees from Earth, that's what I mean. Sumatran's from a place called Sumatra, it's a pretty dark roast. Sumatra itself is an island. And I'm probably babbling. [But coffee does seem like something Iggy's got an interest in.]

[The way she laughed almost seemed as if it was mocking, but then when Renee explained, he realized the humour was at her own expense. It doesn't sit well with Ignis and he's not a person to say what he doesn't mean to people who get to know him. Subterfuge and smooth talking he can do, just like he did when Noct deferred to him in Altissia. But this wasn't that by any means.]

I'm not just simply being polite. You have been enjoyable company.

[Really, why is this eating at her? Those thoughts are interrupted by her going on about coffee. Would they go to Earth or even Lucis someday?]

I wish I could try all of the coffees you mention, they sound wonderful.

I tried, at least. It's been nice to talk to you. [In that much, at least, she's completely honest, even if Renee also seems a bit embarrassed to admit it.]

Yeah, I don't know what it is, but we've got a pretty wide variety of beans where I'm from. And then even the roasting methods and the cleaning methods change the flavor up...

[She shakes her head at that again, a bit embarrassed. But he did seem interested, which is the continued protest from Renee's brain. And he's not telling her to shut up--as if Ignis would really even do that. So not the type.]

What other stuff do you like, then? Besides coffee and cooking?

I don't believe that you need to try.

[Really, Ignis had no issue with her. He was quiet as he listened, thinking of the times the group helped the vendors in Lestallum. Then there was the whole brave adventurers thing with someone who ended up in Eos through a teleporter. He'd heard every word and smiled over the top of his cup.]

It almost sounds to me as if that would be a rather quest of sorts. One in which to find the perfect cup of coffee.

[The last part he was a bit hesitant on, but he had an answer.]

I love to read.

I'm not entirely sure there's a perfect cup of coffee--not like one solo thing, like a Holy Grail. It's kind of subjective. Like you might like your coffee black, but I drink mine with some cream and sugar.

[But that kind of a quest would be interesting to go on, to say the least...]

What do you like to read? I kinda admit I go for escapism, like fantasy and science fiction. I used to get in trouble for reading when I should've been concentrating in class. [And that meant double trouble, both at school and when she got home, too...]

I suppose perfect cup would need to be tailored to the taste of the person drinking it. I rather prefer the kind in a can from back home.

[Noctis tried to have a passion for coffee, but it never quite matched his own. Ans at the question of books, Ignis brightened a little.]

I don't suppose cookbooks count.

[Smile]

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Yeah? The kind from a can is what my dad always bought, but I imagine that ours don't match up. My dad bought cheap shit--he needed to save the big bucks for alcohol. That's why even if I was 21, I can't see myself drinking.

[She shook her head at that, but at Iggy's next comment, that just had her laughing. Renee should've expected that!]

They count, but that's not all you read, is it? Totally they count!

I wouldn't drink anything other than Ebony.

[This is said in a very serious manner. Nobody messed with Ignis' coffee, nobody. Her comment about her age surprised him but then again he didn't go around and ask anyone their ages because it wasn't any of his business.

Hearing her laugh though had been totally worth it.]

Fantasy is always a good choice as is science fiction.

I've never heard of Ebony. Sounds really fancy, though, just from the name.

[As expected, he's one of the Don't Screw With My Brew Crew. But if the coffee he drank was as good as it sounded from its simple name, Renee couldn't blame Ignis. Not one bit. Though her next comment is mildly teasing, now.]

You're forced to here, though! I know you're probably the type who can't survive without a cup!

[She kind of misses soda, herself. Ginger beer is okay, but it's not Pepsi. The lemonade's pretty good, though.]

I'm sure you're used to reading all sorts of stuff, though, outside of your own enjoyment. Advisor stuff. So like...world history and economics and all sorts of other stuff that makes my head hurt when I have to read about it.

[Someone was not out of school yet, after all.]

It's very good.

[Yup he's a definite fan and he laughed lightly.]

It's one of the few things I've found that connect worlds.

[He tilts the head slightly at her assessment and nods.]

Of course, but here I thought were were speaking of reading for enjoyment. The rest simply comes with the job.

Coffee, you mean? Yeah, I can see that being a thing. I'm a bit surprised it's on more than one world, but hey! The multiverse is a strange, strange place.

[She shrugged at that, but smiled at Ignis anyway.]

I do like reading for enjoyment! And I mean, I do, but even I'm not free of reading stuff because I have to. I told Tony that I didn't finish high school, and so I'm getting assignments now, just like Peter.

[Because really, as if that's not a Tony thing to do? Renee sighed.]

[He figured coffee was just that good of stuff since it was on multiple worlds. The next comment about high school piqued his interest.]

Are there some sort of tests required to pass? If so, I could help you study.

[A pause]

I could help Peter as well if he's open to it.

[Ignis didn't go to high school like Noctis did. But he had gone to a school for gifted children at a young age and had studied right along with the prince.]

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