" i see.." his eyes looked somber.
" I should have been awake.." in reality he had been sleeping because of the sedatives that Hojo had used on him. He still had felt some side effects of those for a long time afterwards.

He had sent away a few kids over the years that tried to 'prove' themselves before..

" you were at the manor?" He raised a brow at her. " And may I ask what you were doing there, Snooping around perhaps?"

Oh he was full on in security mode again.

Tamara was family... his niece to be precise. But still shinra manor was off limits to the public ..well normally. -

" add pesky dorky faces to the mix and you'll have the fearsome trio"

" ..is it now?" He folded his arms. " I guess so..but I still don't like those creatures."

{ I'm making my way to your DM's hold on}

{ i couldn't resist the urge lmao I saw the little Christmas ornaments being green and I remember I had this pin lmao}

{ 👀 I'm up for it!}

" annoy Dara? That's no easy feat ..unless your name is Cloud. He somehow doesn't get along so well with him."

" hn..Dara likes you the most along with Cissnei..he has a habit of attracting either troublemakers or .. bodyguards"

" ..home baked bread does taste quite nice.." he admitted with a nod. " Me and Dara bake a lot ..you can get some with you to take to work if you want."

" .. you are lucky" he sighs.
" We had good food until president Heidegger decided the Turks wouldn't 'need' fancy sandwiches.. so I took food from home."

" hn..they still serve sludge in shinra cafeterias?"

{ yes this is a picture of a figurine I own on the hardy Daytona that came originally with the cloud Strife figurine I own}

" over my dead body "

" .. there's two more other holidays that come before Christmas..three if you count Advent"