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"Silly Pidgeon..." he mutters, gazing down fondly at his sibling. "Bet it wouldn't be that hard to ask Coran to adjust the thermostat... or whatever it's called in Altean."

Though he suspects Pidge would complain that the warmer temperatures would be detrimental to all the electronic equipment they keep in their room, which... fair. Matt's room at the Castle of Lions is often available anyway.

The trip back to his room is mostly uneventful, save for a brief run-in with Hunk, who declares his understanding of the situation by placing a finger to his lips and then tiptoeing away. However, when Matt tries to deposit Pidge on his bunk, he discovers they're still clinging to his shirt. He suppresses a chuckle.

Hunk holds still as instructed, "Is it a bug? Please don't tell me it's a bug!"

Nyma watches with great amusement as the green paladin enthusiastically tackles her robotic partner. Beezer, for its part, doesn't seem to mind, its display shifting to show an unusual shape that Nyma has learned is a heart. Unsurprisingly, Beezer likes Pidge too.

Nyma, content to observe the lovefest, hangs back and basks in the positive feelings until Pidge turns to her with a box in their hands.

The Seréan blinks at the offered gift before accepting the box. Inside, she finds bite-sized treats made from a sweet-smelling dark ingredient she has never encountered before. These must be the chocolates everyone's been talking about recently.

"Thank you, Pidge. And these... are meant to be eaten?"

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"Oh, hey Pidgeot--" That was all Lance managed to get out of his mouth before he was startled backwards with a yelp of surprise, eyes wide and blinking in minor confusion at the sudden box that was shoved in his arms. He actually took a second to bring it in front of him to look at the admittedly very awkward wrapping that made him think, fondly, of his niece and nephew back home and had a smile spreading on his face.

His gaze flicked back up long enough to catch the very tail end of the vibrant red flush as Pidge turned back around, eyebrows raising at what they said. Chocolates? "Wait, you made me chocolates--?!"

He peeled off the wrapping to open the box, finding the.... admittedly crude looking chocolates, but Lance paid no mind to appearance, popping one in his mouth and blinking. "Oh -- they're actually pretty good." A little bit burnt, but still pretty good -- not that he'd mention the burn part, munching on another one almost immediately.

"Pidgeon H. Gunderson," Matt declares dramatically, doing his best to sound all high and mighty and failing miserably. "You DARE dance on Chef Hunk's countertops? Without your older brother!?"

The older Holt sibling leaps dramatically onto the countertop, narrowly avoiding entanglement in his cape. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" His arms flail like a windmill.

See, this is why Edna Mode said 'No Capes'!

Hunk broke his stance to look at them, "They made fun of you?" The training they just practiced now in the back of his mind.