"Mhm. Da-ge certainly saw us in a much more compromising position yesterday. I thought I would rather save Er-ge the embarrassment of letting you two getting to that point.

As lovely as the two of you are together." He poured each of them a large bowl of congee, topping one with pork and a few eggs and the other with the veggies. He made one for himself with a combination of both and set about making some tea.

"Er-ge you flatter me. I only hope that it came out well, I tried to cater to both your tastes, and I'm afraid we missed at least one meal yesterday. I need the two of you to sit up and eat while all of this is still hot. Afterward, you are welcome to go back to what you were doing."

he sat down for emphasis.

"Besides you are going to need the fuel if you want to continue at the pace we're going."