[Young men in their prime can eat as much of their own birthday cake as they want!!]
[And anyway, of all people, who's going to shame him for it. Matoba?]
Oh, please. [He's certainly not concerned about the portion sizes, here- although he does consider that perhaps he should have gotten a slightly larger cake. Or bigger plates, at least. Matoba pushes his plate forward cheerily, as the still-miffed employees of the cafe watch one of their tables become an ice cream parlor.]
It's really fortunate that you like ice cream so much, on account of needing to eat cold food, [Matoba chatters, procuring a fork for each of them.] Is your homeland also a cold place? I could imagine that if hot foods are a problem, the summer heat was, as well. The city gets much hotter than the countryside.
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[And anyway, of all people, who's going to shame him for it. Matoba?]
Oh, please. [He's certainly not concerned about the portion sizes, here- although he does consider that perhaps he should have gotten a slightly larger cake. Or bigger plates, at least. Matoba pushes his plate forward cheerily, as the still-miffed employees of the cafe watch one of their tables become an ice cream parlor.]
It's really fortunate that you like ice cream so much, on account of needing to eat cold food, [Matoba chatters, procuring a fork for each of them.] Is your homeland also a cold place? I could imagine that if hot foods are a problem, the summer heat was, as well. The city gets much hotter than the countryside.