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Emnast chuckles. "I figured if I was going to live a long lonely life, I might as well pick up a few hobbies to fill it. And I've always liked cooking, but unlike you, it is merely a hobby of mine. Most times I'm just as happy with piling ham on bread and smothering it in mustard as I am in creating something more involved. Or simply going off and finding me a fat pig or two and merely diggin in... providing they don't belong to someone that is. Still, in digging out this dwelling I've come across a few veins of prime gem material, which I've sold to buy all this. It's my haven on days like this... my one true vice. I do so like homemade pizza with all the trimmings and well... ordering out from here is a bit far fetched. So the first thing I put in was the fire brick oven..."

"Feel free to make use of it, but ye'll have to put on some bulk... everything in here, except for a few things is dragon sized." laughs Em with a wink. "But that shouldn't slow you down..."

"Why don't ye simply ask for it back. Knowing Amestru, he's got it sitting on his desk and using it for a paper weight. He probably read it cover to cover the first day he had it in his hands and has been using it as a refernce ever since. I'm sure he won't mind returning it... It may have even been shelved on him by accident by one of his many helpers as well... and if he's not looking at it day in and day out, he's forgotten he's borrowed it." laughs Emnast chomping down on his sandwich as well. "Needs more sauce... Getting up he goes to a pot simmering on the stove and ladles more on.

"So... " says Emnast hesitantly, his eyes worried but hopeful. "How well screened is Ari? Is it safe for me to make an appearance yet or should I continue to make myself nigh on invisible?"

Emnast merely shrugs but his eyes give him away. "That's fine. I can catch up on my reading and such. Been putting too much off as it is." he remarks lightly, but the loneliness in his eyes shows he'd far rather be with the group.

*Shia will sense his presence there... but then Shia would sense his presence no matter when he shows up... thing is... is Ari ready to face the fact that her Em and Shia's Em are pretty much one and the same and yet entirely different individuals?*

** to be truthfully honest... I don't think she would be... I'm playing devil's advocate here... if sAri is sweet on Emnast, then learning second hand through Shia's reactions might make her step back from any involvement with him entirely, for fear of upsetting her... I believe she needs to talk things out with Shia, learning a bit about Shia's Emnast... before he shows his face... doing so will probably prompt her to drop the fact that she knows a Emnast too... which Shia will no doubt realize is him, but as Ari talks about him the differences between the two should begin to become blatant clear...**