Re: [Diner: Aleksi, Hannah, Si]
“The pleasure is mine,” Aleksi replied, and then returned his attention to Alice as she explained her predicament. He tracked the waitress approaching even as he chuckled at her logic, touched by being recruited for such a thing. Handing over his menu to the waitress with another, more perfunctory smile, Aleksi requested, “Coffee, pancakes, with ham and no syrup, and also a cup of fruit, please.”
He listened carefully as Alice explained, to her words and to the sound that might be her heartbeat - he hadn’t noticed it last time, the right rhythm but a much deeper noise than he was accustomed to for such an organ, especially in people. Taking a moment to consider what she’d said, he added Si’s response to the mix in his own head as well.
“Is this someone you know, or someone you just know of?” Aleksi asked, examining Si’s frown. He could smell the sugar on the table, mixing with the juice that had been spilled there earlier, and he glanced down to watch Si’s finger dance across the table for a moment. “Some people have trouble asking for things.” Moving his gaze back to Alice, he added, “What makes you think this friend of yours would want such a thing, despite her words?”