Luke's Diner, Saturday

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When Miguel got in today, it seemed suspiciously normal. And it smelled good.

"Bacon Day!" the cook declared, throwing up his hands. Miguel dove for the bacon that went flying when he did. And ate it. What? It hadn't hit anything yet.

"Great, good. What about the vegetarians; haven't we been doing things for them, too?"

"There's veggie bacon," the cook declared stubbornly.

Miguel was unconvinced, but hey, he wouldn't be eating it.


Today's Specials
Bacon cheeseburger (vegan available)
Bacon and eggs (vegetarian available)
Chocolate pecan pie (sorry, it needs the eggs; try some sorbet!)


Luke's was open!

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[died8yearsago]

Since Rosa had already been out on a walk with Anna, she figured they might as well swing by the diner, too, and bug Miguel a little bit, and if anyone had an issue with the dog in the diner, well, they could take it up with Rosa.

So, you know, she figured no one was going to have an issue with the dog in the diner. Especially since it looked like they'd both picked a very good time to drop in.

"Bacon day?" she asked, without even having seen the specials board yet. But, you know. She was a detective. She was very good at detecting. Especially when that detecting involved bacon.

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"Apparently." Miguel shrugged. "You want fries, too?"

Look, the burger was a given. He might not be a detective, but he did know Rosa.

[died8yearsago]

"Obviously," Rosa confirmed, sliding onto a stool at the counter. "And any old leather shoes you guys might have back there for the dog."

A joke? A disparaging comment on the general quality of the food? An actual request?

Yes.

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"Sorry; we don't keep leather around, unless you want me to grab one of those flying things from the freezer."

He got her a coffee. "How's the day going?"

[died8yearsago]

"Flying things from the freezer?"

Was it bad that Rosa was looking down at Anna, yawning and settling underneath the stool after her very exciting day with thoughtful consideration?

But she didn't say anything more about it as she turned back and shrugged. "Went to the park. She made a new friend."

Which basically meant she existed in the space of another dog and its owner without too much incident or annoying conversation.

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"They don't bother anyone most of the time. Apparently they're part of the ecosystem in there." Miguel shrugged. "Human friend or dog friend?"

[died8yearsago]

"Dog friend," Rosa answered, then tilted her head. "Or both, maybe? I don't know, he thought she was cute, so..." She shrugged. Seemed close enough to count for her.

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"To be fair, she is cute," Miguel said. "When she's not chewing my shoes."

[died8yearsago]

"Eh," Rosa shrugged again, but there was a smirk in there if you knew how to look for it.

And definitely a fondness in the glance down toward the dog that looked back up at her with a doleful look, for the fact that she was definitely smelling bacon but was still not eating any.

"She's okay."

High praise from Rosa, though.

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"For a dog," Miguel agreed.

A dog that he was absolutely going to sneak a bit of bacon to, yes.

[died8yearsago]

Rosa also had plans of sneaking the dog extra bacon, so all those doleful looks were clearly just impatience.

"I'd take the dog over most people," she pointed out, "easily."

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"Yeah, but you'd take me over a lot of people, so your judgement is suspect," Miguel said cheerfully.

[died8yearsago]

"Yeah, well," Rosa allowed, "no one's completely perfect. If I didn't have at least a flaw, it'd be unfair."

Awww. She didn't even try to deny it!

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That's how you knew it was love!

"The rest of the world couldn't keep up."

Her order was set on the pass-through, and Miguel slid it over to her.