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[centralfiction]

Ugh, what is it?

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Text | UN: rosula; Midnight on the dot on 3/4

[naviagate]

[At midnight exactly, Ragna will receive a text message from Navia.]

Here's a fun fact for you: corn is a fruit and not a vegetable!

un: ragna

[centralfiction]

[please for god's sake who is texting him at midnight on the dot he's had enough emotional turmoil today getting that picture of his family he just wants to sleep off the broodi--

... UH.]

It what?

[naviagate]

[Sorry, Ragna, it's part of her contract with Camille.]

It's a fruit! The edible part of it grows out of the cornflower, and botanists have classified it as a fruit from that. Pretty cool, right?

[centralfiction]

[MUST CAMILLE CURSE HIM WITH KNOWLEDGE]

What the hell?? How is it a fruit, what are botanists on?? This is worse than trying to figure out what tomatoes are supposed to be! How am I supposed to sleep now?!

[naviagate]

[It's good for the soul, Ragna!!!]

I'm pretty sure tomatoes are also classified as a fruit, but I would need to fact-check myself.

But it's a fruit because the seedpod forms from the flower! A seedpod that we eat, btw. Just consider it a savory fruit, like dragonfruit!

[centralfiction]

I know what it technically is but it's still a goddamn vegetable to me! So is corn! What do you think people are gonna say when they order a fucking fruit dessert and someone comes out with some corn shortcake?

It's weird!

[naviagate]

I mean.

That does kind of exist already.

There's cornbread, after all, and it can be sweet or savory depending on how you prepare it.

[centralfiction]

[give him a minute he's googling something

some time after falling down a recipe rabbit hole:]

Fine. You got me there.

TIL, I guess. And apparently you can even make putting out of it.

[naviagate]

[It's quite the rabbit hole, for sure!]

Hehe! I think we've all learned something tonight.

Sorry for interrupting your rest, by the way! I'll let you get back to sleep.

[centralfiction]

[tfw you're a cook]

It's... fine, it's not a big deal.

Why'd you text this to me anyway? It's late.

[naviagate]

[It's a blessing and a curse. From a baker to a cook.]

Oh. Well.

I suppose you can say it's a quirk?

[centralfiction]

[... Quirk, huh?]

If you say so.

[naviagate]

Anyway, I hope you have a good night, Ragna!

Oh, before I let you go. I'm typically up at around midnight for a little bit. If you ever need someone to talk to, I wouldn't mind it.

[centralfiction]

[Oh my god, with these people being so fucking nice to him. Christ... Don't they get how bad it is for them?

He almost considered taking her offer for a second, he's been in a rut all day and now how was he supposed to sleep it off? Fuck...

Fuck it all... fuck, he missed them, he missed his family.]

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