The first steps always the hardest [Spellstone]

Either Joshua had no idea what he was hinting at or he simply was ignorant of the connotation of what was said, not that he really intended to explain it to him anyway. Of course Michael knew what it meant, but then again he only had a base knowledge. ”I might have to.” Michael noted catching the male mimicking what he had said earlier and allowing his fingers to intertwine with the males before leading him to the place in question. The place was a rather novel little Chinese restaurant, with the oriental waiters and whatnot, Michael leading Joshua through the door as they were both seated. ”Here we are. Not the finest place around, but it’s pretty nice in my opinion, been here a few times.”

The walls were decorated with oriental paintings, something about them having a certain beauty to them; even if Mike did not know what they represented. One of them depicted a dragon, though it was a far different dragon than the ones that Michael had seen within his life, eastern within design. Of course Joshua’s comment about his taste given the present company only made Michael snicker, not that he planned to share his rather negative view. Humans tended to get uppity when shown their flaws, and he was likely not so different in that respect. A waiter with a thick accent would greet them, something about how they spoke amusing within its own right. ”I would like some fried rice and…orange chicken with an orange soda.” Michael noted simply, not giving the male much more attention than need be. His attitude may have seemed a little dismissive but then again his eyes were busy scanning over the multiple paintings adorning the wall.

”Favorite bit in the movie? Probably the climactic fight scene, if you could call it one, or maybe the one scene on the alien ship, even though that had nothing to do with a movie about wizards or cowboys.” Michael answered taking the drink brought to him and sipping on it lightly, making a pleased hum as the taste of the drink flowed over his tongue. ”It did seem like it was geared more towards kids, but I guess it was pretty cool…for a kids movie.” He had never really seen any sort of movies that were made for kids anyway, so it was more him simply playing along with the judgment of the movie made. ”As for who doesn’t like cowboys, I guess you could say wizards, or so the movie depicts.” Horrible joke for sure, but Mike never claimed to be a comedian by any stretch of the word. ”I mean the movie could have done with a little more action though, but otherwise it was excellent.”

”I’m more of an action movie guy myself, the more explosions the better.” Michael answered partially joking as he sipped on his own drink, still pleased with the taste of it even now. The ethereal was following Joshua’s every movement, including eye motion but did not really care to mention the fact that his gaze seemed to be hovering a little lower than most peoples did; considering that he didn't care. His eyes however snapped to the waiter bringing their food, with wisps of steam trailing from it as it was placed down for them, along with the usually eating utensils that came with it. If hunger were something that he had to worry about, then Michael’s stomach would have growled but it was not, and so it did not. ”Well, this looks twice as good as I thought it would.”

Mike could agree that this place was excellent, as he took a bite of the orange chicken that had been placed before him and seeming to enjoy the food through vocalizing a pleased hum. He was clean in how he ate, not really getting anywhere that it was not supposed to be as his phone seemed to vibrate a couple of times, indicating more than one text message. ”You wanna know about my family?” Mike question swallowing his food before considering how much he would tell this human. ”I have two older siblings, and two loving…dads, one of who are actually texting me now.” Michael explained digging his phone out of his pocket and typing something in before depositing it back into his pocket. ”Not what one would call a conventional family, but it is what it is.” he explained sipping on his orange soda. ”So how about your family?”

The statement about his having two fathers being strange was annoying to Michael, but not enough to warrant a blade through the males throat, no, he would allow him to continue talking. It was what one called rude to do that, but then again perhaps to more limited humans it was strange. Obliging the male he would say that his friend said hi, though his dad went to assuming that Joshua was some manner of boyfriend, which drew Michaels ire as he frowned at his phone before turning to Joshua and fixing that scowl. ”Interesting family you have here. A little weird but interesting.” He would say, perhaps mimicking the whole weird comment made about his two parents, smirking lightly as he took a bite of his food with a pleased noise made. ”How long have I been with my dad’s? Ever since I was born, can’t really remember a time without them.” Michael said simply sipping on his drink and washing the food down.

”Yeah, does sound like a family that breaks molds.” Michael said with a nod as he worked on his food, chewing on it slowly to savor the flavor. Looking up he took notice of a small facial spasm within Joshua's face, one that denoted some manner of internal turmoil, something that he would not really bother asking about as he placed his fork down. Perhaps turning attention away from something, the male would ask about his siblings, something that Michael normally would not talk about with people that he barely knew. ”What are my other two siblings like?” He would ask outloud, mulling over the question with a low hum as he ran over an answer to that question. ”I have two older brothers, ones kinda.....special. Likes to lounge around a lot, and has an affinity for water, and gold. Nice guy though, as long as you don't get on his bad side.” Michael explained running fingers through his hair. ”The other one is what you would call....sauve I guess. The one daddies try to protect their daughters from, and stuff like that. He's a cool guy really, but kind of a douchebag.” It was true that Shael and him were still somewhat friend, Michael was not sure where that stood.

Michael listened to Joshua speak with only half interest, only nodding when it seemed required and finding himself being distracted by nearly everything. Not that he didn’t hear what the human was saying, as everything he said found itself being snatched up by his mind but that did not mean that he still wasn’t taking in multiple other things. The male would then ask about what it was like having two dads, and he had to actually think about that one. ”Like having parents I guess. Except both are dudes, not really that different.” He would say with a shrug, not really sure how it would be otherwise, though from what he glimpsed families were families regardless of the gender of the parents. Mike was mostly finished with his meal and it seemed that the male sitting across from him was as well, leaving him in a position to leave, which would be a welcome thing.