"It's not a bad smell. Just different." Veli said, smiling happily when told they were done. "Good! I'm kinda lost in here."

"Me too," Noah snorted, "C'mon. Let's go." And he led Veli out to the street...and noted a nearby ice cream shop.

"Hmmm..."

Veli turned and looked where Noah did, head tipping.

"Hmm?"

"Feel like ice cream?" Noah asked softly, smiling.

"Ice cream...?" Veli blinked again. Huh?

"Don't tell me you've never had ice cream before..." Noah said, eyes wide.

Shaking his head, Veli's eyes were wide. "No. I've never had it. What is it?"

"It's like...cold...hm. Cold cream...kinda..." Noah said, "Oh, fuckit. You'll like it. C"mon."

"Cold... Cream." Veli raised an eyebrow and watched Noah, but followed him obligingly. "Like... What cats drink?"

"Uh...yeah," Noah nodded, "but...not." He entered the little shop and pointed to the board that mentioned numerous ices, ice creams, soft-serves, and toppings.

"Pick anything you like," he nodded to Veli.

Veli surveyed the board for a few minutes, reading slowly, lips moving.

"I like strawberries." He said after a moment. "And nuts. Pick me out something that has those."

"Alright!" Noah nodded, "We need a strawberry shortcake for the young man, and a banana split for me." The woman behind the counter smiled and blushed.

"Go on an' sit down, Vel. Pick any table."

Veli smiled at the nice lady and found a seat, picking up one of the little menu cards on the table and reading it over slowly. Huh! Ice cream was strange.

Being brought up on such things, they lost their wonder after a while. Noah returned soon enough though, placing a large plate with some sort of cake and ice cream and strawberry nutty goodness on it in front of Veli. Noah took his silver-cupped banana split and smiled.

Raising a brow at the... Thing, Veli picked up a spoon and looked at it.

"Thank you." He said, head tilted to one side. What a strange thing! After a moment, he scooped up some of the ice cream, tongue darting out to lick at it.

"It is cold!" He laughed, licking at it again, then actually taking the bite off of his spoon. He chewed at it and promptly grabbed his jaw.

"Ow...."

"Sensitive teeth? Try to warm it on your tongue first," Noah suggested, not really knowing what the "ow" was for.

"Ish coooold..." Veli said, still holding his jaw and laughing. He scooped up another bite, letting it warm up and laughing more.

"Teesh musht be shenshative."

Noah laughed.

"You'll get used to it in a few minutes."

Aaaah, banana splits were his favorite.

Laughing, Veli ate his ice cream thing, though the more he ate, the more he shivered. Was cold!

"It's good. Sugary and not bad!"

"Welcome to the wonders of fattening human food," Noah snorted, finally on is last bit of split banana. Mmm.

"Most of the fattening stuff makes me sick. Like, I can't have chocolate. Or most fast food, the grease just gets right to me." Veli said, shivering between each bite, but doing it happily. "But this is light and tasty!"

Noah nodded.

"I'm glad. It's my guilty pleasure."

Giggling, Veli held out his spoon with some of the strawberry stuff on it. The poor man was beaming, but shaking bad enough that the ice cream almost slopped off.

"Try some!"

Noah grabbed Veli's hand to try and warm it and, to humor the man, took the ice cream.

"It's good."

"Is!" Veli said, much enthused. The poor man was freezing, but looked delighted in this new discovery.