[ Okay probably it's rude to insult a gift someone is actively attempting to give you. Mako realizes this at Ozpin's little smile, and tries to ignore the embarrassed flush creeping up onto his cheeks by pulling the top off the steamer. ]
I'll, uh. Trade you. You don't need them to see, do you?
[ Why would anyone from Remnant wear something practical? ]
A trade it is.
[ He looks only more amused at Mako's fumbling; it is genuinely difficult to insult Ozpin to a point that he will snap about it, particularly after a few weeks spent with Glitch under his roof. He offers out the spindly glasses and quirks an eyebrow. ]
[ They really are spindly. Mako shifts all the dumplings to one hand to take them delicately between two fingers. They're small, and look like the kind of pointless fashion thing he never had the money or patience for, but if they really can help—
Belatedly, he holds out the steamer basket, balanced carefully. ]
[ About as tactful as his young housemates, and so Ozpin accepts the basket with a growing grin. ]
Thank you. Might I trouble you for chopsticks?
[ If he is already here, he might as well make himself at home; he invites himself to a seat in the kitchen while Mako frowns over his new accessory. Even with the mist just outside their doorstep, it feels like a little spot of comfort, brighter than home. ]
[ Mako slips the glasses onto his face, delicate so he doesn't snap them or something, and then turns around with only a little bit of vertigo to grab for chopsticks.
He blinks, looking out the window, his hand on the half-open drawer. ]
Woah. These are—you weren't kidding.
[ Rather than a swirling mass, Mako can see shapes outside the window: the cactus that sprouted up last month, a few bushes, the dark mass of the gazebo far in the yard.
[ Distractedly, Mako hands them over, reaching out to pass them into Oz's fingers. He's still half-looking out the window, blinking behind the tiny lenses.
He almost doesn't say anything. In the past, he wouldn't have: this is a useful thing, and very needed.
But Mako has changed, so after a moment he turns back around, looking over the top of them at Ozpin, sitting in his kitchen with a pile of steaming dumplings. Maybe he should make tea, ward off the mist's chill. ]
And you're sure you don't need these.
[ That scrappy little part of him is yelling at him not to ask, to just take the gift, but Mako doesn't live by that part of his life. Not anymore. ]
[ Ozpin pauses with a dumpling between his chopsticks. He sets it back down again and smiles, warm and genuine. ]
You seem to have greater need of them, given the effort to maintain the caches. And I have been fighting monsters a very long time. I can function well enough without.
[ He can lean upon his magic when he must, and that helps a little. It helps enough. ]
[ Protesting any more than that is pointless, but an odd curl of warmth swirls up in Mako all the same. He offers Ozpin a small smile back and comes over to lean on the counter opposite him, looking a little silly in the glasses. ]
They'll be put to good use. Thank you. That's... everyone here is really willing to help each other out. It took some getting used to.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
It's a fashion of which I am fond, I'm afraid. I assure you, they still function quite well.
[ Actually the range of vision is absurdly bad and anyone could tell you they look stupid. Ozpin disagrees. ]
no subject
I'll, uh. Trade you. You don't need them to see, do you?
no subject
[ Why would anyone from Remnant wear something practical? ]
A trade it is.
[ He looks only more amused at Mako's fumbling; it is genuinely difficult to insult Ozpin to a point that he will snap about it, particularly after a few weeks spent with Glitch under his roof. He offers out the spindly glasses and quirks an eyebrow. ]
no subject
Belatedly, he holds out the steamer basket, balanced carefully. ]
Here. You look like you need them.
[ Tactful! ]
no subject
Thank you. Might I trouble you for chopsticks?
[ If he is already here, he might as well make himself at home; he invites himself to a seat in the kitchen while Mako frowns over his new accessory. Even with the mist just outside their doorstep, it feels like a little spot of comfort, brighter than home. ]
no subject
He blinks, looking out the window, his hand on the half-open drawer. ]
Woah. These are—you weren't kidding.
[ Rather than a swirling mass, Mako can see shapes outside the window: the cactus that sprouted up last month, a few bushes, the dark mass of the gazebo far in the yard.
It's so much more than he could see before. ]
no subject
[ He sounds very pleased with himself, even as he leans over his gifted basked of dumplings to reach for the chopsticks. ]
An early gift from Sodder. They have served me well for some months now.
no subject
He almost doesn't say anything. In the past, he wouldn't have: this is a useful thing, and very needed.
But Mako has changed, so after a moment he turns back around, looking over the top of them at Ozpin, sitting in his kitchen with a pile of steaming dumplings. Maybe he should make tea, ward off the mist's chill. ]
And you're sure you don't need these.
[ That scrappy little part of him is yelling at him not to ask, to just take the gift, but Mako doesn't live by that part of his life. Not anymore. ]
no subject
You seem to have greater need of them, given the effort to maintain the caches. And I have been fighting monsters a very long time. I can function well enough without.
[ He can lean upon his magic when he must, and that helps a little. It helps enough. ]
I will be glad to see them go to good use.
no subject
They'll be put to good use. Thank you. That's... everyone here is really willing to help each other out. It took some getting used to.
no subject
If there is any consistent lesson in Deerington... it is that we have each other.
[ He raises his dumpling like a toast. It is, in fact, delicious. ]