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Kai shook his head at me.

“You are something else,” was all he said, and I giggled before taking a bite. He winced. “At least you didn’t do that to my sausage,” he deadpanned and I damned near choked.

“You did not just say that!” I cried out, jabbing a finger at him. “Less than two hours with my brother, and he’s corrupted you with his crude sense of humor!”

“Him? Who was sucking off their hot dog just now?”

I giggled. “Okay. I’ll concede the point. This time.”

I still couldn’t believe he’d make that joke. Just wait until I told Eric. I wasn’t sure he’d believe me, Kailirex having been so relatively serious earlier. Oh, he’d joked around some, but nothing like this. I was seeing a whole new side of him, and it was one I definitely liked, even though it wasn’t appropriate in mixed company.

“These are really good dogs,” I said before taking another bite.

“They are tasty, but I think I prefer the bratwurst I had in Frankfurt.”

“You were in Germany?”

He nodded. “As part of my job as head of Public Relations. We sent a delegation down to enjoy Oktoberfest. That was quite the experience.” He pointed to a blue, metal topped beer stein on a shelf. “We were given special commemorative beer steins as gifts. In return, we presented them several casks of beer from our original home-world.”

“You know, I got so caught up in the whole fact that you’re the Executive producer of Playtime Fleet that I never stopped to think about your other duties. You’re a very busy man, aren’t you?”

He shrugged. “I have staff who help me. One team is entirely dedicated to Playtime Fleet. Another to publicity for our scholarship, training, and work programs, and another for cultural exchange. That one works closely with the ambassador’s office and really, I just have to show up and shake hands mostly. I start off my days reading reports condensed down into bulletins by Xernaos’s office assistant, Xeronika. I usually read them over breakfast but that was when I lived alone. I will do so at the office from now on. You and our family are my primary focus now.”

I hurriedly bit off another hunk of hot dog, onion, and bun. I needed to finish my meal, wash it down with some of the Coke, and get that food put away for tomorrow stat. He’d just earned major bonus points with those words and I was ready to reward him in full right fucking now.