Noah nodded, very well waking up. He wrapped his arms around Veli from behind and continued walking with him. Mmm.

Veli grinned up at his man, looking ever so happy. A bowl for the fish was found, and Veli dragged Noah into a little restaurant, some Mom and Pop kinda place.

"Hopefully they got good stuff here." He said, nose twitching.

Noah wriggled his nose as he looked at the menu. Hmph. It was always so hard to find something he considered edible.

"Hope so."

Veli hummed and looked at the menu, shifting in his seat idly. "Whatever you get, I'll have too." He said, nodding. He would try this... Veggie only life. At least once. For Noah.

"Not unless you feel like taking vitamins every morning," Noah said, "I don't mind if you eat meat, so long as y'didn't kill it yerself."

Veli just made a little burble.

"So that's what those pills you take are." Vitamins. Huh! Silly Noah.

"But veggies and stuff are good every now and then."

"Well, yeah," Noah smiled. He was a bad veggie-head, all hating on tofu. This just complicated things further.

"I think salad's the best we'll get to do tonight."

Ew. Salad.

Yes, it was to be sure, that Veli would not be going vegetarian anytime soon. But, he loved his Noah, and would make an attempt to eat less fleshthings.

"Yay, salad!"

Noah chuckled.

"Yeah, sure, like I'm gonna let you suffer with me," he said, nudging Veli under the table with his toe, "Get the iguana. Tell me how it tastes."

"I've had iguana before." Veli mentioned, blinking and looking down at the menu.

"Yeah, well, I haven't," Noah snorted. Mneh. Maybe yo could order seafood dishes...without the...seafood...

"Not missing much." Veli said, nibbling his lower lip. "Hmmmmmm...." He was a creature of the sea, and was called towards the fishy dishes, but wasn't about to start gnawing on something fishy in front of Noah.

Maybe beef would be safe.

Except for the fact that he liked cows too...and rodents, and bugs, and...

Yeah, he was pretty much screwed.

Humming under his breath, Veli finally picked something. It had rice and stuff, with only a little chicken, so hopefully that wouldn't bother his Noah too much.

"Hopefully your new fishy friend will get along with Lizzie and Artie."

"If not, we can get him his own bowl," Noah nodded, closing his menu, "I mean, he's small enough."

"mmhm. I'll have a talk with the kids, though. Tell them to treat the new one right." Veli hummed, reaching over the table to pat Noah's arm.

Noah moved his arm and grabbed Veli's hand, giving it a little squeeze.

"Alright."

Veli squeezed back, grinning. Ah, Noah. He loved you.

"It was good to see Mama again. We had us a nice long chat last night."

"That's good," Noah nodded, finally looking to Veli and smiling, "Did I come up at all?"

"Of course. Silly two legged beast that I smell like." Veli laughed. "Why else do you think Mama brought you a present?"

"So it was good things. Good," Noah smiled and leaned over the table to kiss Veli briefly.

Veli beamed at the kiss. "Oh, yes. Very good things." He said softly. "She might not have understood, 'cause she is a shark, but, yenno. She knows you make me happy and you're good to me. So very good..."

Noah just smiled and kissed the top of Veli's hand. Awww...

Finally food was found and had, and Veli and Noah and Fish were out again, walking in the warm sun. Mmm, Veli liked the warm.

"It's so weird..." He said, looking at the new shops. "Things change so much, and it doesn't even seem like that long ago..."

"Mm...things move fast nowadays," Noah nodded, an arm around Veli's waist.