Fates Supports/Rinkah Oboro

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Oboro: OK, almost every table is clean except for...hers...

Rinkah: Oboro? Is that you? What's with the thousand-yard stare? Oh! Right! You're on cleanup duty after meals. Sorry, I'll get out of your way.

Oboro: Rinkah! Wait.

Rinkah: Wh-what's up?

Oboro: The way you eat...especially the mess you leave behind... It's a lot to clean up. Could you try to start eating more carefully?

Rinkah: Carefully? Like how?

Oboro: Like, don't spray the meat's juices all over the tablecloth! Or leave chunks of food on the floor!

Rinkah: Hmph. Maybe that's not how YOU eat. But the Flame Tribe always digs into their meals with both hands! We wolf our food down like actual wolves! Someone told me once I should use utensils when eating with you people... But I assumed they were joking.

Oboro: Huh...so table manners are different where you come from? Well, be a messy eater if you want, but I'm the one who has to clean it up. So like it or not, I'm going to teach you the basics of eating with utensils.

Rinkah: What, you're serious? That's going too far...

Oboro: Then can you eat without making such an ungodly mess?

Rinkah: Impossible. It goes against everything I stand for.

Oboro: This isn't the Fire Tribe village, Rinkah! You're supposed to abide by the customs of the land, right? Don't worry—I'll teach you everything there is to know. You'll catch on quick.

(Oboro leaves)

Rinkah: Or you could just let me eat in peace...

B Support

Oboro: That's it. Don't hold it in your fist like it's a sword. You need to grip it between your fingers instead. That helps give you finer control.

Rinkah: Urg...

Oboro: Don't hold it so tight. Let it move in your hand along with your fingers.

Rinkah: I just...can't...get it...! Oops. It broke.

Oboro: Again?! This is the fifth time...

Rinkah: I keep telling you, this is a waste of time!

Oboro: Not at all! There's lots of reasons to stick with it. You can eat anything—even fish, I know you love fish—without leaving a mess!

Rinkah: Why would I not just bite into the fish? That way, I can spit out the bones later. Or heck, just eat them too!

Oboro: Yeah, see...that's a good way to guarantee a mess. But if you ate it clean, you'd get ALL the meat on those bones.

Rinkah: Hmm?

Oboro: You've been leaving prime meat behind! Your horrible table manners mean you're not getting all the fish on your plate. Doesn't it frustrate you to waste food?

Rinkah: I...I'm wasting food? Ugh, I guess you're right. I hate to admit it, but...

Oboro: There's still a plate of cooked fish left from tonight's dinner. Why don't you watch me to see how I do it?

Rinkah: S-sure...

Rinkah: Wow! How'd you do that?! There's nothing but bones and skin left! I've never seen anything so clean... It's like art, the way you eat!

Oboro: That's the kind of thing you can do with utensils. You get all the meat, while leaving the plate and tablecloth clean of bones.

Rinkah: You're really starting to sell me on this. Show me again!

Oboro: I would love to.

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Rinkah: Check it out, Oboro! Nothing but skin and bones left! And see how there's not a single stain on the tablecloth?

Oboro: Way to go, Rinkah! I take it you've got the hang of using utensils?

Rinkah: Yep. And I have you to thank.

Oboro: Hey, I shouldn't take all the credit. You worked hard to learn.

Rinkah: You know, it's weird. Eating without wasting food is satisfying in a different way than stuffing yourself.

Oboro: *nod* Doing it that way shows your respect for the cook and the gifts of the land. That's what I think, at least.

Rinkah: So that's the Hoshidan philosophy, huh? Interesting. I'd like to understand your mind-set better and not be so closed off.

Oboro: That's the spirit! The better we get to know each other, the less distance there'll be between us.

Rinkah: Yeah. Hey, I should teach you how we eat in the Flame Tribe someday! Though it'll be too messy here. Maybe we can take a hunting trip to the mountains.

Oboro: I bet that would be fun. Thanks!

Rinkah: Wait'll you join in a traditional Flame Tribe feast! We sink our teeth into our kill and spray its juices in appreciation for its life.

Oboro: Hmm...I'll be sure to pack some old clothes for the occasion!

Rinkah: Smart thinking! You'll love it!