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The house is nice and clean and there's cider simmering on the stove. The table has a small buffet setup with curry and make-your-own-riceballs.

With how cozy the house is, it'd be hard to guess that four people could have ever lived comfortably here, especially when two of them were young boys. There's a big bed with a blue pillow and a dresser with a mirror, a scrap of red cloth, and a little blue shoe.

Outside, Wess, Lighter, and Fuel are all waiting with Boney and the sheep. There's a fence, a doghouse, and a small stable.

Each person is easy to tell from the others. Wess is clearly the oldest, somewhat short with white, sparse hair. Lighter is tall and muscular, stubble on his chin and a 2x4 on his shoulder. Fuel looks to be about the same size as Lucas, the light still in his young eyes. All three are bundled up, with Fuel running around with Boney.

"Welcome to my house," Lucas says as he brings everybody in.

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a1enzo

"Nice!"

It's a little small for a house, Enzo considers, but then, he and Dot used to live in rooms under the Diner, and he's now accustomed to living in a dorm room with three roommates.

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pullsneedles

It's hard to believe that Lucas shared this space with three others.

"Thanks for watching the sheep for me," he says, letting the three people and one dog inside.

"We were happy to help, Lucas," Fuel says, scratching Boney behind the ears.

Boney sniffs his way towards Enzo, his tail wagging amiably.

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a1enzo

"Hi!" Enzo greets the humans. "I'm Enzo." He bends to give the dog skritchins. "Heya, boy! You must be Boney."

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pullsneedles

Boney barks and continues to wag his tail, licking at Enzo's hand.

"My name's Fuel," the little boy says. "Me and Dad were real excited when Lucas said we were coming over to his house, weren't we, Dad?"

The man holding the 2x4 nods with a gruff sort of smile and says, "I'm Lighter. And Lucas told us Wess here was the guest of honor."

"It's a good thing for Lucas to be able to take care of his house and bother to put up with an old man like me as well," Wess admits, unsure if he wants a big deal to be made out of all of this.

But he knows the hard work Lucas went to and it is supposed to make them comfortable, so he's going to enjoy it however he can.

"And now that we're here, we can start getting food," Lucas says, reaching over to scratch Boney with Enzo.

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a1enzo

"It's good to meet you, sir," Enzo tells Wess, and shakes hands all around with the hand that's not scratching. Then, because he is a teenager, he detaches himself from the dog so that he may see what's to eat.

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pullsneedles

Lucas has set some plates and bowls on the table. The family kept just enough so that they could entertain company should they visit.

He also pulls himself away from Boney, though the dog follows along, and he washes his hands up so that he can serve the food.

"Mister Beauford helped me a lot with this. And you can pick what you wanna put in your riceballs."

There is a small but nice sampling of pickled and cooked fillings to be put in the middle of the riceballs as well as a bowl of salt water for people who want to make them by hand and a riceball mold for people who don't.

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