The tacos had looked good, but Blueberry felt himself let down by the flavor. Nothing compared to his own, of course, but the beans in them had a weird texture and got caught in his teeth. It wasn't dignified to be pulling things from his molars like this. He caught himself on more than one occasion looking over at Jewel's plate. Despite what she said about not eating, she didn't really rush to finish either. It had a nice color to it, the rice looked plenty appetizing, though the chicken… he felt himself wanting to know. It didn't look too different than what they had in the Underground… he had seen plenty like it. Did that mean their food was made to be a version of it? So many questions ran through his mind.
"Uh… Jewel?" he found himself asking before his mind could catch up.
"Yeah, Blue?"
"Can I… can I try yours?" he then asked, a cyan blush powdering his cheeks.
Jewel blinked a little. "I mean, I don't have a problem with it. But are you sure? You know it's…"
"Yeah, I know… but it… looks good," he admitted to himself. "And not… that different from something I've seen back home. So now I… I don't know…"
Jewel sighed a little, but she smiled at him. "Blue, I don't care if you eat off of my plate. I'm just worried about your reaction. You're a pure little bean."
Blueberry blinked rapidly at her word choice. "Little bean?"
Jewel chuckled. "Don't worry about it. Humans have weird sayings. Would cinnamon roll be better?"
Blueberry looked confused. "You're… calling me weird foods. I mean, I know everyone calls me Blueberry outside of my world, but at least that has to do with my clothes being blue!"
"And your sweetness, apparently," Jewel chuckled. "Though I'ma be honest, every time I get a blueberry, they're tart, so…"
Blueberry blinked, but then started laughing. "Is that why you don't like me?" he joked back.
Jewel chuckled a little and pushed her plate forward. "If you really want to, Blue, go ahead."
Blueberry smiled at her, before looking at her plate. The rice he had no problem with and dug right into that, his eyes lighting up as he closed his mouth around his fork. "Wowzers! This is so good!" he exclaimed after he swallowed his bite.
Jewel chuckled. "Seasoned rice is the best in my opinion," she smiled at him.
"You mean it comes unseasoned?" he blinked.
"Wow… Okay, I'm going to have to broaden your culinary horizons there, Blue."
Blueberry's eyes widened a little, hopeful. "Does… that mean… you'll come visit more?"
Jewel let out a contented sigh as a smile graced her lips. "If you can keep the energy down a bit, I can definitely make an effort." She had a slight teasing inflection in her voice, but she was genuine in her offer.
It was all he could to keep from shouting out in the crowded restaurant, trying to keep his enthusiasm in check. "You don't know how happy I am to hear you say that. Since Ink brought you up, I've been looking forward to meeting you, and then, after what you did for Dream-!"
"Huh? What I did for Dream?"
Blueberry couldn't stop his grin. "You gave him hope! To see someone like him! He's been running on empty, he keeps trying to help everyone, but he doesn't really let others in, ya know? He's trying to spread as much positivity as he can, but he hasn't been really feeling positive himself."
Jewel let out a small sigh, a half-smile now on her face. "Well… I don't know if I'm exactly like him, but I get the fatigue part. I can try and be an ear for him, at the very least. I do wanna meet him and thank him for his help. And, uh…" she looked back at Blueberry. "Seriously for a moment… can you please keep that bit to yourself?"
Big blue eyes looked up at her confused. "What part?"
"With… what he did. It's… not what you think for starters and I rather…" she looked uncomfortable. "My magic's always been a serious thing for me. Humans don't understand it at all, even healing magic gets you in trouble, believe it or not. And… well… I don't want to give Nightmare any advantages here. I don't want him to know how my magic works."
"But, if your magic is positivity, he can't use it."
"It's not though, Blue. Granted, positive energy is part of it but so is negative. Nightmare can feed off of me in seconds, just like Dream could. It's complicated and I rather… not go into it. It's weird, even for monsters… maybe especially for monsters."
Blueberry looked even more confused, but he wholeheartedly agreed. "I promise I won't say anything. I kind of wish I knew why I was keeping it a secret."
"Maybe… later, Blue. No offense, but I don't exactly know you that well. And I won't tell Error details and he's my best friend, so…"
"I can understand that. We did just meet after all. But if you need to talk to someone, I'm all ears! Well, so to speak, I'm all bone really," he laughed.
Jewel chuckled softly. "Appreciate it, Blue."
Blue watched her grow quiet again as she sipped her tea. He still hadn't really tried his so he decided to take the plunge and try what she had ordered him. His eyes lit up. "Wowzers! Papy would love this! It's so sweet!"
Jewel chuckled. "Well, you automatically get a free refill. We can get it to go if you wanna give him some."
"Can we, really?"
"Yeah, sure," she grinned. "So, does he drink ketchup like Sans does?"
"No, he drinks honey. I'm…" he blushed. "I'm the one who likes ketchup," he admitted softly. "I try not to drink it."
Jewel chuckled a little. "Nothing wrong with it, Blue."
"Would you drink ketchup?"
"Nah, too chunky," she chuckled. "I do like it with my food though, mustard too. I like honey on my biscuits, but I don't like it in my tea, oddly enough. Everyone says it's good and I just can't handle it," she smiled at him.
Blueberry blinked a little. "Why'd you give me a list?"
"Eh, just what I've realized. Classic drinks ketchup like you, your brother, obviously, and Red likes to drink mustard. I'm waiting for one of you to drink relish and horseradish sauce to complete condiment bingo. Or, ya know, hot sauce," she laughed lightly.
Blueberry's face paled a little, but he chuckled weakly. "That's… uh… wowzers…"
Jewel chuckled earnestly at his reaction. "Chill, Blue. Though if you want ketchup I'm sure we can ask the waitress."
"No!" he quickly shouted, making people turn and stare. He couldn't help the blush that crept onto his face. "I'm… it's a bad vice, I'm trying not to."
"All right," Jewel smiled. "I get that. I was kind of like that with alcohol."
Blueberry looked up at her. "You used to drink?"
"Eh, well… complicated," she smiled. "I mean, I started real young, like twelve," she chuckled. "Legal drinking age for humans is twenty-one where I lived. Mostly holiday things where my family would watch me. But… eh, I've always been resistant to alcohol. Doesn't really work the way it's supposed to for me. So I would drink more and heavier stuff to get the effect. But as my magic became active, it made it harder for me to feel it, so I drank more and more… and now it just won't work unless I probably clean out the entire bar," she shrugged. "I just gave up trying. I mean, there's no point. I can regenerate my liver if it gets damaged, but the taste alone isn't worth it, ya know? I mean, some drinks do taste good so I'll enjoy it for the taste, but eh, can't drink for the "fun" of it, ya know?"
"Well… I don't really drink so I don't know what "fun" there is in it, but my brother gets drunk a lot. It's not fun for me to pick him up. He's so much bigger than me and dragging him home is just… frustrating!"
"I mean, you have blue magic, right? Why don't you just use that?"
"I'm not as good with it as Papy. I can turn you blue, but I can't use it to move you around like he can."
"I see," she said softly. "Well, if I'm around I'll drag his butt for ya," she smiled.
Blueberry chuckled a little. "Well, thanks I guess."
Jewel chuckled and watched him for a bit as they sat there. "Ya know, my food's getting cold…"
"Oh! Right! Sorry!"
Blueberry turned his attention back to the chicken. He almost just pushed it back but he couldn't help the curiosity. He had been stalling for time, he knew that… but if he didn't try it now, she would probably eat all of it! He took a piece of the sliced chicken on his fork and hesitantly brought it to his mouth. He took a breath and quickly put the chicken in his mouth. He didn't know what he expected, but he was surprised at how familiar it tasted. It wasn't far off from food he had back home, that he cooked with. Chicken… tacos… She mentioned that before. Could he have had something similar in one of his taco variations?
"Not quite the soul-destroying meal you thought it would be, is it?"
"No," he admitted, embarrassment coursing through him. "It… tastes similar to something I've had back home too."
Jewel chuckled. "I get the hesitation, Blue, I do. I had a crisis of conscious once upon a time too. But it's just something that's part of life. I can't personally go vegan or anything due to dietary issues. Too many things I'm allergic or sensitive to are involved for me to have a proper balanced diet. I can't make up for the vitamins and other things I'd miss by going meatless, even with supplements, because they make supplements with things I'm allergic to," she smiled softly at him.
"Well, you can always come visit me. I'll make you whatever you want! All our food is magic after all, no killing involved! And we have stuff like this so I doubt you'd have any real issues!" he offered wholeheartedly.
Jewel chuckled. "I suppose that is true… but I'd hate to put you out like that."
"Oh, hardly! I love cooking for everyone! You can ask everyone in Snowdin!"
She smiled. "I suppose I could. But only if you let me cook for you too. But… you know I'd bring Error sometimes, right? I can't leave him out."
Blueberry's face fell a bit. "I… I don't mind," he responded hesitantly.
"Blue, don't lie to me."
Blueberry sighed. "I want to be his friend, I really do… I want to apologize. I tried before but he just snapped at me."
"I'll talk to him," Jewel then offered. "See if I can work around what's ailing him a bit. It would do him good to have more friends than just his puppets."
"He still has those?"
"Yeah," she chuckled. "He made me one of him."
"Really?" Blueberry couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Yeah. He's been trying to teach me to crotchet. He offered to try and teach me to knit, but he admitted he's not that good."
"He's still trying to knit?" Blueberry asked, surprised. "I thought he would have given that up after our fight!"
Jewel tilted her head. "Were you the one teaching him?"
"Yeah," he grinned. "I really enjoyed it! Maybe… maybe if he wants to be friends again, I can teach both of you!"
Jewel chuckled. "Well, don't expect much out of me. I'm ten times worse than Error," she laughed at herself.
"No one can be as bad as Error," Blueberry laughed. But he couldn't lose the smile even after they calmed down. "Hey… Um," he hesitated. "C-can you split this with me?" he then asked, pointing at the food. "I really, really don't like their tacos," he sweated.
Jewel chuckled. "Sure, Blue."
It was strange, the way Jewel paid as they left. The green money was definitely not something he had expected as they walked out. The waitress was kind enough to remove the tacos from the bill since he barely touched them, and they even got dessert! Blueberry was carrying an extra piece of cake home for his brother with his refill of peach tea. Jewel was carrying her sweet tea refill as they walked. It was weird for him, since they teleported into the AU but he just assumed they were going somewhere more out of the way. He was noticing more humans staring at him, not that it ever really bothered him.
"Am I really so unusual?" he asked her.
"Well, you're not exactly a human skeleton," she chuckled a little, "But you're different enough to gain attention. Plus, armor and the scarf is definitely not a normal human fashion choice," she smiled at him. "Plus you're adorably short."
"I'm not that short!" he pouted.
Jewel chuckled a little and rubbed his skull as if she would muss his hair. "You're adorable, Blue."
Blueberry looked up, his eyes turning into stars as he looked up at her. "Does that mean I won you over?"
"Dude, I agreed to come over so you could feed me," she laughed a little. "Yes. Just no friendship bracelets, okay?" she grinned at him. "I'm breaking so many personal rules right now," she sighed with a chuckle.
"What do you mean?"
"Eh, I started breaking them when I met Error," she explained as they walked down another side street. "I promised myself no friends after I realized everyone I got close to got hurt somehow, no matter what I did. Be they human or animal… I hadn't really met a monster until Error and Ink, really. Not on personal terms. But, after you're trapped in self-imposed isolation for years, you kind of get a weakness for talking to someone. Error just… happened to literally worm his way to my soul. With his strings, ya know how it goes."
"Why did you feel the need to make such a promise? They got hurt… how?" Blueberry asked cautiously.
"Eh… I wasn't the greatest person, Blue," she admitted. "Like Error, or even Nightmare. I was… hell, humans calledme a monster. Not saying it excuses anything, but I lost a lot and I just… got tired of being the victim, so I started lashing back. I only had one friend outside of my brother when I was younger. I lost him because even at thirteen I had enemies. I didn't really get close to people after that. I worked with them to do all kinds of horrible things. I mean, hell, I robbed banks for a living at one point. People worked with me because my magic made it really hard to stop us. We kind of became infamous… but after I lost my brother, I just… well… I broke. Everything made no sense anymore. What was the point of all this power I had if I couldn't protect the only person that mattered to me? I… broke out of my world," she explained softly. "Got lost in the code."
Blueberry was silent as she spoke, listening. They barely knew each other yet her she was opening up. Not that he really minded. It was nice that she trusted him enough to relay such information. "See? You wanted to change! I told you, all you have to do is try!" he grinned at her.
Jewel chuckled a little. "Yeah, I suppose your right. I really did try after that… not that there was anything I could do other than change my own thoughts…"
"Because you were trapped?" he asked. "But you said it was self-imposed."
"It was the second time around," she clarified. "The first time, well… Heh, a hundred years in a space with no time really messes with you."
Blueberry stopped dead in his tracks, staring at her. "One-hundred YEARS?"
Jewel looked back and chuckled. "Yeah, for the first time, anyway."
Blueberry was utterly blown away. "How do you even know? You said time doesn't flow, right? I don't even think I spent a month in the anti-void!"
"I went back home," she explained softly. "The date was burned into my brain when I left. So when I got back, and saw it was…" she quickly did the math in her head. "One-hundred and seven years, three months and seventeen days later, it was… a shock to say the least. I didn't think it had been that long."
"But… you… you don't look that old!"
Jewel chuckled. "I don't age when time can't flow, silly bean."
"That's just… wow… but, you made friends when you went back, right?" he bounced happily.
"Well, one. A little stray cat. We both kind of hunkered down in the same spot. It took me a while to readjust. Everything was so noisy, tech had advanced and I… well, I didn't exist as far as the world was concerned. Well, not technically true. I turned into an urban legend, and not in the good way. People still told stories about the Magic Mafia, as they taken to calling us," she laughed a little. "They made stories and made me to be out this horrible villain. Not that I could blame them… I definitely fit the role. It was a good thing I look so generic, but still… once I managed to get some money together I cut off my long hair and styled it a bit different to try and hide a bit better. It was… difficult. I managed to finally rent a cheap apartment, had my little kitty friend with me. I thought things were going good. I was making friends at work, or so I thought…"
"What happened?"
"Well… I…" she sighed. "I used my magic. There was this robbery going down. I knew how these things worked, I mean, hell I used to plan them. Someone was shot in the process before I got there. I… didn't even use the same magic," she admitted softly. "I used my barrier to keep the guy contained and tried using my healing magic on the wounded party. If I didn't, they would have died. But… people turned on me, Blue. Healing magic of all things," she laughed hollowly. "Humans still couldn't get past that fear. I ran home, hiding in my crappy apartment. My cat was the only one who cared about the whole damn thing. Police eventually came knocking on my door, human version of the Royal Guard. I tried to pretend like I wasn't home, probably a stupid move, but I just wanted to hold my cat. Stupid…" she muttered as her hand ran through her hair. "They busted down my door and apparently still believe in the stories of witches because one shouted "familiar" and pointed at my cat. I just remember being hit down with batons, I guess I should be glad they didn't shoot me. My cat… wasn't so lucky. He freaked out and hid. When a cop tried to scoop him up, he bit him, I mean, duh! I watched as he kicked my poor cat and stomped on him."
"Oh… Jewel…" Blueberry put a hand on her arm as they walked.
"Wasn't proud of it, but went back to old me for a moment. Killed the officers and just… ran back into the code. Isolated myself there… went back to working with the code and… just… existed. Eventually discovered the AUs and it was… something to distract myself, I suppose. Learned I could access the world codes and just… learned how to reset from there, I guess."
Blueberry was silent as they walked. It was… more than he thought a person should go through. He had experience in the void of nothing that was the anti-void… he couldn't imagine the code was much better if it acted the same. His feet came to a stop as his mind raced with all this new knowledge. And the fact she had positivity in her that Dream could feel?
"Hm? Blue?" she called as she felt him stop, his arm never having left her.
Tiny gloved arms wrapped around her core, still holding onto his takeout, but held firmly against her back. His face buried in her side.
"You didn't deserve any of that!" he exclaimed in her side. "They were wrong! No member of the Royal Guard would be so callous! I'm so sorry you had to go through that, Jewel!"
"Heh," she softly ran a hand over his skull while the other wrapped around him. "I kind of did, Blue. Ask your brother how karma works. Just because you decide to change doesn't mean the bad things in your life are over. I did a lot of things and it's still catching up to me. I'm still hurting people I care about… like Error, Ink, Sans, Red… Trying to make friends put Error in a bad spot, my trying to protect people hurt Ink and Sans… Red… I guess I put him through a few states of panic when I dealt with his brother… not to mention how I got hurt… that put all of you in a rough spot."
"But that's because we care about you! Well… more them than me and Dream, admittedly."
"Well, I hope so, you knew nothing about me," she smiled at him before crouching down, getting down to his level while squatting. "I'm really lucky to have a friend like you, Blue. You know… I've been afraid to tell most of this to people because I don't want to lose them as friends."
Blueberry looked down at her with a genuine smile. "I know we just met and all… but I'd never turn away a friend in need. You're obviously not that same person anymore. You've changed into a good person! And I believe you can help Error do that too!"
A few tears lined her eyes. It had been a long time since anyone truly believed in her like Blueberry had. "Heh, Ink was right, I should've hung out with you a while ago."
"Well, that's because I'm THE MAGNIFICENT SANS! MWEHEHHHEHHEH!"
Jewel chuckled. "You are pretty SANSational."
Blueberry then groaned. "Oh no, you do puns?"
Jewel chuckled. "Not normally. Mostly when I'm using Classic's puppet with Error in shows," she grinned. "Just couldn't help that one. It's true."
"Well, I suppose you are correct!" he grinned at her.
She smiled and slowly stood up. "So… I'm sorry that I'm prying, I was pretty open but don't think you have to be, okay? But… that error code in your eye earlier…"
The small Sans couldn't help putting his hand up to his eye and rubbing it with the butt of his palm. "It's… not that bad, honestly. It started doing it when I was in the anti-void. It would act up more there, but once in a while, it does flare-up. Mostly when I get upset."
Jewel began to think, her mind running through a million possibilities. "How good is your brother with computers?" she asked.
Blueberry blinked rapidly. "Uh… I know he used to be really into it once upon a time, but he's lost all motivation for science and stuff."
Definitely familiar. "Would you be okay if I brought this up to him?"
"No! I don't want to worry him!"
"Even if I could help you?"
Blueberry stared at her for a moment. "You… think you can fix it?"
"Well… I'm not sure. I'll admit, despite living in something for over a hundred years, you don't magically learn everything about it," she joked with a smile. "I can… go to Classic or Red if you prefer. But I just wanted to ask so I can try and get some advice. But… this all depends on one thing though."
"What's that?"
"It's… personal, Blue," she warned. "I'd have to look directly into your code."
"My… code?"
"The entire world has code since the multiverse is… well… computer-based, I suppose. I mean," she turned and pulled open one of her floating windows in front of Blueberry. They were alone down this street, hence her taking it. "This is this world's code."
Blueberry's eyes lit up with wonder as he looked at it. He tried to touch the screen but his hand just went through it.
"Heh, sorry, I'm the only one who can interact with it like this. Part of my powers now. Cool to look at though, right?"
"Yeah," he said, his eyes becoming stars again before he focusing back on her. "So… you said you… had to look at my code?"
"Yeah. Which… is accessible through your soul," she explained as she closed the window.
He turned into a blueberry right then as his face flushed.
"I don't… have to actually touch it, or even have you expose it," she clarified. "But that's where your code is stored. Your soul is your entire being, so of course the code explaining you would be in there."
"So… you're just asking permission?"
"Right," she smiled. "Kind of rude not to, ya know?"
"How… long would it take?" he asked.
"A while," she admitted. "I'd like to copy your code and put it in a portable space. It can't be edited there, just read. If I find a way to help you, I'd have to come and edit your code directly. But, I'd have to isolate the error causing the glitch in the first place."
Blueberry then began to think about it. "Could… you fix Error?"
"No. Error's fully corrupted, his code is what it is. You, however… well, I can't do major things, but I can at least try and isolate the error in your code and keep it from spreading, stopping the flare-ups. Best case scenario I can remove it."
Blueberry took a moment to consider the implications. He wasn't nearly as smart as his brother… especially not with this kind of thing. But he never brought this up to him either. He was lucky that his flare-ups never really happened around him. He didn't get upset often, but most of the time was around his brother. Maybe it waited until he let his guard down when he was in his room or at his puzzles, he didn't know. But he didn't want to worry him with it either…
"Okay," Blueberry said, determination in his eyes.
Jewel smiled a bit. "C'mon, there's a nice tree up this way I like to go and sit under. It's private and we can do it there." It would also give him time to back out if he changed his mind.
Blueberry followed her up to the tree, not realizing this was where she and Error had met up after her first time in UnderFell. When they had their first real talk. He just couldn't tear his eyes from the sky. He had seen it earlier, obviously, but he was really taking it in now.
"I didn't know above ground was so beautiful…"
"I know it's not the same as living in it," she spoke up, "But whenever you wanna come back, I'll bring you with me. I like to come here and think. Error likes OuterTale, and the stars are pretty, but I grew up under the sun and I just… need it sometimes, ya know?"
"You're not gonna get embarrassed bringing a loud skeleton?" he teased.
She chuckled. "Nah. Just don't get offended if I come up with some lie to explain your appearance."
"Deal!" Blueberry beamed at her.
"So… you wanna get this over with?" she offered.
"Yeah," he agreed as he walked over, sitting beside her. "Is this gonna hurt or anything?"
With a chuckle, Jewel smiled, "No, you won't feel anything. Might feel weird to see your stats on the screen though. It's going to have everything about you."
"So you're going to know everything about me?" he blinked.
"Yeah. I know it's more invasive, knowledge wise, than sharing your soul with someone, but I'll cut out the bio bits if you want."
"It's okay. I trust you," he smiled at her. "After all, you went and told me so much already. I don't have anything to really hide," he grinned. "I'm pretty much an open book, mwehehhehheh!"
Jewel chuckled a little before gently putting her hand on his chest. She tapped him, and it pulled up a window and Blueberry saw his name.
Sans (Blueberry) – UnderSwap
Lv1
HP: 1
Atk: 1
Def: 1
And it continued. He didn't stare at it long as Jewel highlighted everything and opened another window, copying it over. She tapped him again and it closed. He blinked as she snapped her fingers and a tiny blue crystal formed in her hand. She touched it to the window and it collapsed into the crystal.
"Wowzers! What was that?"
"What, my crystals?" she chuckled.
"Can I see?" he asked.
"Sure," she said as she passed him the small blue crystal. He noticed there was a blueberry etched into the top of it. He couldn't help but laugh.
"Monogrammed it for me, huh?" he grinned at her.
"Well, gotta make it stand out a little, right? You don't wanna know how many crystals I got."
"You're… not going to lose it, right?"
"Nah, I got a system," she smiled. "Besides, I don't normally save codes like this. You're the only one."
"I didn't know you had crystals though. This is pretty," he said as he examined it.
"Want one?" she offered.
"I couldn't! They look expensive."
Jewel laughed a little at him. "Blue, I make them!" she grinned. "It's not hard, and believe me, you're helping create a surplus."
He tilted his head, confused. "Huh?"
Jewel chuckled, taking the code-infused crystal and snapping it away. Better safe so no one else could read that. "Blue, emotions make my crystals," she smiled at him. "Remember when I said I'm not quite like Dream? I'm still an empath, and my magic is emotion-based. Blue crystals are positive emotions like happiness, red crystals are negative like anger, and purple are the ones in-between, like nervousness. And believe me, you're giving me plenty to be happy about right now. It's contagious."
A light blue dusting appeared on his cheeks but he couldn't help it as he beamed, his eyes turning to stars. "Really?"
"Yeah, and I can make it into any shape you want. Wanna see something that even Error hasn't seen?" she grinned.
"Yes!"
Jewel summoned a decently sized crystal with a snap, holding it between her hands. She then started manipulating the crystal in front of him, turning it into various shapes, it phasing into liquid between the shapes.
"Wowzers!"
She grinned a little. "Error's only seen them pop out fully formed in the shape I want. It's easier to do it beforehand, but it doesn't take that much effort to do it in the open. Just as easy as you making your bones and stuff."
"That's amazing Jewel!"
"So, you know what you want?" she asked.
"I'm not sure," he exclaimed, "There are so many possibilities."
Jewel chuckled a little. "How about…" she started as she turned the crystal into a broach for his scarf. It was a diamond with the edges in the shape of intertwining bones with the delta rune inside of it. She went in and pinned it to his scarf. "There," she smiled brightly at him.
Blueberry's eyes went wide as he looked at the broach. "Thank you so much!" he beamed up at her.
Jewel chuckled. "You're welcome, Blue. Now, come on," she said, extending her hand to him as she stood up. "We should probably get you back home. It's not like you to slack off, right?" she grinned.
"Oh! Wowzers, my break was over a while ago!" he just realized.
Jewel chuckled. "Yeah, but you were helping out a friend, so it counts, right?"
Blueberry grinned and grabbed her hand. "Right!"