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Caine heard the sound of something slide across the table, it hit his elbow with a small clink
He glanced towards it and saw Zooble staring at him, maybe they wanted him to say something?
“Wow Zooble! I would've never thought you'd be this fast at making drinks! You're a natural!”
They gave him a weird look
“...thanks…? do you just wanna stare at it or are you actually going to try it?” They asked, somewhat confused
Caine turned around, it took a second for him to register the words he'd just heard, he turned back around incredibly fast
“WAIT THIS IS FOR ME???” He yelled, pointing at himself in disbelief
Zooble let out a short chuckle
“Well, given how you're the only one sitting here, I'd say it was pretty obvious”
Caine was still staring at the glass, shocked and wide-eyed
“But, I'm… I mean… should I really…” he stuttered
Zooble placed a friendly arm on his shoulder
“Hey, don't worry about it, it's alright. What? Cant I make a drink for someone I care about? cmon, try it!”
The words hit Caine like a bowling ball to the chest. His eyes suddenly felt watery and his hands around the glass began shaking, he took a tentative sip of the swirling liquid inside
Of course, it was incredible
Caine instantly flew up over the stall, brimming with happiness, fireworks going off around him completely involuntarily
“ZOOBLE! THIS IS DELICIOUS!! IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO REPAY YOU FOR THIS??”
Zooble looked at him, certainly very confused but with a fond look in their eyes
“Its actually a very simple recipe, you don't really have to repay me or anyth-”
“NONSENSE! I OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO DO SOM-” Caine cut himself off, realizing he'd slipped into his host voice, he cleared his throat and spoke again
“I want to do something to repay you though, Zooble, not just for the drink, just… for everything..”
Zooble stared at him for a few seconds, then they spoke
“Caine, don't worry, you don't have to do that, you made the suggestion box, that's enough”
Caine thought about it, the suggestion box was great of course, but maybe he could implement some more things the residents of the circus had asked in the past! Suddenly, an idea flashed through his head. He leaned forwards towards Zooble
“Remember what you asked me to implement before the gun adventure?”
Caine could see the gears slowly turning in Zoobles head as they remembered what they had said on that day. They instantly flushed a deep red
“You're not actually… serious about that… are you?” They asked
“Of course I'm serious, why wouldn't I be?” Caine asked, slightly confused by the response
“Could you really do that? Seriously?” They asked, still incredulous”
Caine just snapped his fingers
“Done” he simply announced “everyone in the circus now has the ability to have-”
Zooble darted off before he could finish speaking, headed towards the living quarters
Caine suppressed a laugh, he should probably tell Ragatha that Gangle and Zooble would be late for their softball match