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As On the Tin

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[totocaelo]

[Tommy hasn't clicked on any links. He hasn't done a deep dive, or even a dive, just been party to random shit that the tour linked to.]

My mom died when we were young and my pops.
He wasn't much of a cook.

[Lots of take out.]

But local fare? That was good in Austin, yeah.

[polemical]

oh hey, me too.

[ That's crazy, that they're both in the Dead Moms club. Statistically it's not that crazy, probably, people's parents die all the time, but still. She tactfully doesn't ask if his dad's still around, or if he's like her dad and in the slammer for the rest of his life plus fifty or so years. ]

i'm jealous. "local fare" in indiana is... not good.

[totocaelo]

There's still time to introduce you.
And you too what? Dad not a cook?

[polemical]

well you've talked it up so much, you better.

[ She can't tell if he genuinely didn't get what she was "me too"-ing to, or if he's just giving her a graceful out, but Eddie's never met a graceful out in her life and she's not going to start now. ]

me too my mom is dead. cancer.

[totocaelo]

[Oh, he was being geniune. Which means when that's the response Tommy gets back, he just... stares at the screen until it goes black on its own.]

Shit chica, I'm sorry.

[polemical]

[ Of course he apologizes to her. Eddie might feel uncomfortable with the sincerity, but she makes the conscious decision not to be. Tommy's a sweet guy. He probably genuinely means it. ]

thanks. i'm sorry about your mom, too.