Ada had figured Sparkle would forgive her for ditching out on Demon Marcus today. After all, it wasn't every day your island was docked on an alien world, that was basically one gigantic CITY where you could actually see the sky
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"I just saw something really tasty," Dante said, though he was looking straight at the back of a blue girl with some really nice purple tattoos all over her face. "--Uh, is this a burger place?"
Ada rolled her eyes and swatted at his ass. "Those might be nice buns, but she ain't a burger," she scolded, trying not to laugh. "I dunno. It's got a picture of a burger-looking-thing on this photo menu. I can't read the writing."
To be fair, Ada had problems with reading English some days.
"Looks burgery enough to me," Dante said, leaning over (and looming over her shoulder, maybe, a little bit). "We can go in and if it looks like it's a live alien squid in there, we can always bail."
The idea of squid made Ada's mouth water, but she stomped down on the craving, hard.
"A burger for you, as promised, an' a not-burger for me," she agreed, slipping past him to cross the threshold into the cafe. If she was just as excited by the variety of clientele as she was by the idea of food, well, Ada was loving Illium so far. Everyone looked so different from each other, and no one cared. "I'd pay you in food to deal with all the scenarios in class this semester, but I think I'm supposed to be setting a good example or somethin.'"
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To be fair, Ada had problems with reading English some days.
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"A burger for you, as promised, an' a not-burger for me," she agreed, slipping past him to cross the threshold into the cafe. If she was just as excited by the variety of clientele as she was by the idea of food, well, Ada was loving Illium so far. Everyone looked so different from each other, and no one cared. "I'd pay you in food to deal with all the scenarios in class this semester, but I think I'm supposed to be setting a good example or somethin.'"
Who made her a TA? Seriously?
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