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Noir tilted his head slightly at the explanation. “Ah. Well, while I don’t particularly like green tea, I do enjoy English breakfast.”

Uncle Ben had enjoyed tea while Aunt May had been more of a coffee person, so he had been exposed to both. “I honestly enjoy both, but I think I like tea better.”

        “ really ?  i like green tea myself , but i ain ‘ t gonna argue.  coffee is good in a pinch , but it really kinda just JUMBLES up my brain. “  he swirled his forefinger in a pronounced circle at the side of his head , little stars appearing for a half - second to emphasize in his own toony way. 

    “  maybe  it  just  didn’t  want  your  obnoxious  little  toon self  wreaking havoc  all  over  town.    you stick out like a  sore   thumb,   little fella. “    noir is  grinning  through the  lovingly - roasting  words,   wrapping  his  arms   tight  around  the  small  spider    (   and  of course  groaning  like an  old  man  when  he feels  something  in  his  back  pop.    there’s the spot! ).      and really,   it was nice to  have him  here.    

whenever  ham came to  #90214,    noir  enjoyed  it  of only  because it  was a  much  smaller  dose  of  happiness than  actually going  to  ham’s  dimension  was.    like   a  streak  of  sunlight  in a  completely  dark  room.   it was …    refreshing,   to  say  the  least.     pulling  away  a   tad but  keeping  one  arm  wrapped  around  the  other  to  hold him in  place,   noir  raised his  hand   to   pet  his  floppy lil  ears.      “  what’s  the  occasion?    here i was  beginning to  think  you  only swung by  when  aunt may makes your favorite soup.  “   he’s  teasing :  the grin is evident in his voice. 

        “ there ‘ s gotta be an OCCASION ?  i can ‘ t just come swing by to visit my pally whenever the need strikes me ? “  the spider ‘ s tone is just as teasing , a grin painfully obvious beneath the mask covering his snout.  “ where ‘ s the LOVE , peter ?  GOLLY.  you ‘ ve gotten rude ! “

    he waves a hand about , fluttering so fast it hardly registers against the strickenly non - cartoony backdrop of noir ‘ s world.  not that he really minds , because after quite a bit of thinking on his own part , he found he can stand  #90214  just enough  if noir is there with him.  he ‘ d go so far to say the experience is ENJOYABLE  --  despite the dulled - out colors , noir ‘ s presence is plenty enough to warrant a visit !

        “ i certainly wouldn ‘ t turn down any soup , though. “  with the way ham is twiddling his thumbs , it ‘ s clear there is a reason he is here , but he can ‘ t bring himself to care too strongly when he ‘ s missed the other spider SO MUCH.  there ‘ s even a bit of timidness    ( guilt ? ) to his posture and tone as he continues : 

             ♙   PAWS PICKED UP   the phone,  blinking at the voice on the other end.  ice blue hues squinted after a second once it was clear who it was,  ears flicking to the side somewhat as the cat’s gaze flicked off to the window.  he opens his mouth to complain but perks when the phone clicks,  rolling his eyes as he puts the phone down and trotted over to the other room to open the window ham requested,  looking upward.      

❝        porker you better get in here before i lock you out again   . .         ❞  he murmurs,  half joking,  tail flicking.

        “ my HERO ! “  the swine exclaims , just before swinging right through the window , looking a bit frazzled , almost as if he ‘ d been struck by a stray lightning bolt.  . . . nope , just ran into a stray pole while swinging & not  particularly  paying close attention , but that really wasn ‘ t a bit the furball needed to know. 

        “ you ‘ re a real catch in a pinch , buddy.  not that you ‘ re not a CATCH in of its own , but yanno . . . “  ham waves a hand about , dusting bits of rubble from his suit , slicking his floppy ears back with an  exaggerated  sigh.  

        “ i know i LOOK like a coffee guy , but trust me , tea is ten times better than that bitter stuff.  sweet ‘n cozy !  like a blanket for your mouth. “ 

    a pause.  he backpedals a bit , trying to rethink his words as he swishes green tea around in his cup. 

         “ thaaaat ’ s  a weird analogy , anyway , so , forget it !  so , which do  you  like better , buddy ?  

    ahhhh.  just like old times. 

                “ CHAMP !!!  it took me  SOOOO  long to find ‘ ja , your dimension is a real stickler  to find !  could you like , move it DOWN the list ???  sheesh ! “  

        “ so . . .  you ‘ re a fancy - shmansy space lady ,  eh ? 

  i’m the furry bastard 

    ring!  ring! 

        “ ha -  HEYO CLAWSBORN !  would ‘ ja be a  dear  and uh , let me through your window ?  i ‘ m -  i ‘ m just hangin’ from the building.  thanks. “