Stopping for a moment, he glanced over to see Everett listening and watching him intently, scratching his flushed cheek out of embarrassment.
"I know, it's a pretty lame reason–"
"No, I totally get it!" Everett interrupted him, "Isn't the world just amazing?! I'm right there with ya–I wanna see it all, too!"
"Really?"
"I didn't want to say it, but…" Everett coughed into his hand, "...Another reason for becoming a world-class adventurer is, I want to try all the tasty food from around the world."
The childish, but genuine reason that the shielder gave spurred a moment of silence at the campfire before they both broke into laughter.
Perplexing to him, after they finished sharing in a laugh, he looked over to find Everett extending his hand to him with a kind smile.
"Let's make our dreams a reality," Everett said with a bright expression.
Emilio looked at his companion's hand for a moment before accepting it, grasping it tightly, "Yeah."
