skyborne_mage | 13th Flight: [Action]

...Before or after you add those limes and oranges in it?

... Would it make that much of a difference?

It's not technically lemonade once you add the limes and oranges in there. [Take that, Raine~]

[... Her heartrate is starting to slow down. It's the first time she was aware that it had been elevated to begin with. She blinks a little.]

... Oh. I didn't think of it that way.

I suppose you could call it 'fruit punch.' Though I can't say I've ever had that particular combination before. [Despite the fact that he could be putting his groceries away right now, he still isn't moving.]

Maybe a 'citrus punch'? Considering the types...

[It's... perfectly natural. Nothing awkward about it. At all. Really.]

[He's just going to stare at the limes and oranges, a bit skeptically.]

You didn't exactly answer the question.

[...He's survived worse. While injured. He just has to remind himself of that fact once in awhile.]

Very well.

Very well to the lemonade, or to the citrus punch?

...Either one is fine. Please, feel free to make the punch.

... You're certain?

[firmly] Make the punch, Raine.

... Very well. [She starts to take a step back.]

[...That arm is still there. Uh.]

... [Um. Well.] You're still... holding on to me, Albert.

...So I am. Excuse me. [And he finally loosens his arm and drops it back at his side.]

... Thank you. [With that done, she nods and steps back over to the counter. He asked for the punch, so she reaches for the limes and begins to prepare them.

This is all perfectly normal.]

[He's going to lean against the counter and just ... watch Raine prepare the experimental drink.

Yep, perfectly normal.]

[This isn't hard, just slowly mixes the lime juice in with the already prepared lemonade, and then starts on the oranges.

Perfectly... normal.]

... Are you sure you're all right?

The 'command' had no lasting effects, so there's no reason to worry.

If you're... certain. [She briefly glances towards the groceries that are still unpacked, before going back to squeezing the oranges and stirring the juice into the rest of the "punch"]

[Ah yes, the groceries. He was going to do something with them, wasn't he? He taps fingers against the counter thoughtfully, for two seconds at most, before walking over to check on the bags. He might have placed them on the table a bit roughly while under the command's effects.]

[Raine for the moment keeps her gaze on the bowl, and continues stirring once all the ingredients are in. Maybe it needs more orange juice... she adds a little more in and keeps stirring.]

[Well, everything seems fine. Albert begins putting away the groceries, sifting through cupboards to do so.]