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Ch 11
After the sudden outburst of emotion, everyone sat there in an awkward silence for a few minutes, then slowly went back to their lunches. Dick comforted Rachel silently for a bit, until she was okay, and thanked him with a nod of her head, cheeks turning red in embarrassment. "Sorry, about…"
"Don't be." Rachel turned to her book, and Dick blasted his iPod. Everything was back to normal…ish, and Rachel was silently begging everyone to forget what they had heard mere minutes ago. But in typical teen fashion, they just couldn't leave things alone…
"So, dudes… about Rachel's-"
"Don't," she stopped him. "Just… don't."
"But what about-"
"LEAVE IT ALONE, GARFIELD." She hissed menacingly. She was glaring so intently, that Gar, years later, would swear that dark tendrils of energy swirled around her.
"Okay, okay, sheesh… didn't seem to mind when he but into things…" Gar muttered, looking back at Dick, who hadn't heard, thanks to his too-loud music. All was quiet, until… "Ahh!"
Everyone (minus the oblivious boy wonder) jumped in their seats at Gar's outburst, but he seemed unfazed. Everyone followed his gaze, over to Kori's plate.
"What's wrong?" Kori asked, confused.
"That- it- gah!"
"How informative," Rachel congratulated, usual monotone in place.
"Kori- her- it- it moved!" he stuttered out, pointing at her food.
"Yes, this is a traditional dish where I come from. It is sort of like jello, which also moves around. It isn't alive or anything," she chastised.
"Traditional dish? Where are you from, Mars?" he shouted in disgust.
"No! Actually I'm from- like your food is any less strange," she said, diverting his attention.
"Strange?"
"Yes. Gar and I have the same lunch period. I've seen him eating some sort of white blob on several occasions."
"White blob-" Gar asked, "Oh, you mean tofu?"
"You eat that nasty tofu crap?" Vic exclaimed. "Why would you subject yourself to such nastyness?"
"What? Tofu rocks! Tastes a whole lot better then that nasty animal carcass sitting on your plate!"
"Animal car-it's a turkey club!"
"Dead animal!"
"Better then tasteless squares of soy crud!"
"Have you ever even experienced the soy beany goodness that tofu is? It's amazing!"
"Well have you ever even enjoyed the delicacy that is meat, you crazy hippie?"
"Yea, actually I have. And it was nasty. Felt dirty eating it," he said with a shiver. "Felt like I was eating my own species or something. Nasty."
"Well I'm helping the enviorment!"
"By killing helpless little animals?"
"I didn't kill them! They were already dead when I bought em!"
"They wouldn't be killed if you didn't eat them!"
"Since they're already dead, why waste? There's starving kids in Africa, after all!"
"Yea, I know."
"So would you rather kids in Africa starve then hunt for meat?"
"Of course I don't want them to- we were talking about nasty meat!"
"Cows contribute to global warming – I'm just doing my part to help save the world!"
"Oh yea? Well soy is more cost effective and more sustainable then meat!"
"Well meat has protein, which you need!"
"Soy has more protein then meat, which causes heart disease!"
"At least meat has some flavor!"
"Tofu does too have flavor! You can mix it with anything to make it taste like whatever you want! Can you make pudding with meat?"
"No, but can you make tofu taste like meat?"
"You can put teriyaki sauce or barbeque sauce on it to make it taste the same, yea! And tofu's healthier too!"
"No it's not!"
"Yea huh! Soy products help prevent prostate cancer, while meat helps cause it!"
"Well… uh…"
"And while soy products can help people stay thin, a study a couple years ago proved that there's a positive correlation between obesity and meat!"
"Yea, soy does keep you thin," Vic poked the shorter kid in the arm, "Thin, with no muscles. You're scrawny man!"
"I'm just not super buff and tough because I don't spend hours and hours working out and drinking protein shakes!"
"Who needs protein shakes with all the protein in meat!"
"Tofu has protein too!" As they argued on, surprisingly, Kori and Rachel were thinking about the same thing: how envious they were of Dick, and his blaring music. He didn't have to sit hear listening to dumb and dumber argue about food…
"… deforestation is the cow's faults! They clear it with – shouldn't an eco-nut like you know that?"
"I'm not an eco-nut, I'm a vegetarian!"
"Please tell me they have a mute button," Rachel asked. Kori laughed in response.
"Though I wish that they did, I do not think they come with one. I think it is about time someone invents a mute button for boys."
"How can eating meat save the world?" Gar suddenly shouted out.
"We're making sure cows don't become overpopulated and flood the planet! Or worse- take over! Have you ever seen Planet of the Apes?"
"Dude- that was APES taking over! Cow's aren't smart enough to take over the world!"
"Not now they aren't, but left to their own devices for a few years…"
"No way! Cow's are just cannon fodder for when the aliens take over the world! They always go for the cows first! So if you keep eating them, we'll have no cows! And if there aren't any cows, then we'll have less time to stop an alien invasion!"
"Aliens? Really?" Rachel asked Kori, "Why does everyone assume they're going to take over the world? Superman didn't."
"It's probably because of the many movies featuring aliens taking over the world – the only positive alien movie is E.T. But you're right – Superman, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Martian Manhunter… they haven't attempted to take over the world…"
"Boys." Kori laughed again, and Rachel let a small smirk cross her face.
"I have some tofu with me – you could try it?"
"Is there any meat in tofu?"
"Of course there's no meat in tofu, it's tofu!"
"Boys indeed." Kori concluded, watching as Dick took out his earbuds.
The meat VS tofu debate was interrupted by a sudden outburst from Dick. "Shit! What the hell Kori? Your lunch is moving!" And so it continues…
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