The Deck [Saturday Night]

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It had been a weird day, between the guy at the diner freaking out and Dinah heading out of town. Claire decided to head out to the deck with a pitcher of iced tea and enjoy the evening.

She idly considered building a fire, but decided against it because of the heat.



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"Perhaps I'll do that," Joolushko said. And find out about the worms. That sounded even odder than here.

"I like the tea," she added out of the blue, sounding somewhat surprised.

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Claire smiled. "It's good old fashioned Southern sweet tea," she said, adding a bit more of a twang to her words.

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"Which is not something I've ever had before," Joolushko said. "It's common, where you're from?"

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"Very common," Claire said. "But not all tea around here is sweet. Crazy northerners don't automatically sweeten it."

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Joolushko had no idea about any north/south divide, just so she just nodded. "Sweet drinks are almost always preferrable."

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"Yeah, I agree with you there," she said.

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"Sweet foods as well," Joolushko admitted. "There are so many here."

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"You don't have a lot of sweets where you're from?" Claire asked.

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"There are plenty," Joolushko said. "But I think there may be more variety here. Or perhaps it's just that we don't have your chocolate or anything like it." The lack of chocolate everywhere else in the universe was a problem. Really.

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"No chocolate? That's horrible," Claire said.

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"None," Joolushko said. "I plan on taking home quite a lot when I leave."