She smiles and nods. "It's hard to figure out where the line is. But I think starting with taking some time to consider supposedly frivolous purposes and how they feel when you deliberately set aside the cage and the pressure is a decent start. I'm here to just heal, love, and live my life. If an 'important' purpose turns up along the way, I'll happily get involved, but barring that, I'm glad to just enjoy figuring out what makes us happy."

"Yeah." Hibiscus smiles softly. "Long term goals are hard. But you matter. We'll figure something out together. We don't... need to have it all sorted out instantly. Life is long."

She nods. "Exactly. Y'all matter too, and we'll figure it out. There's time."

She squeezes her girlfriends tightly.

"Yeah." 

Hyacinth turns and hugs Sable. 

"Lunch?"

Sable laughs and scoops Sin into her arms as she stands. "Lunch!"

She buries her face in Sin's neck and nips teasingly as she carries her off to the kitchen.

Hyacinth giggles and grins, and once they're in the kitchen she plops herself down on a counter and wriggles her shoulders. 

"Careful, or I'll start expecting you to princess carry me everywhere." 

Sable grins and giggles right back at her. "There are worse fates."

She peers in the cabinets. "What do you feel like for lunch? I'm honestly considering just grilling some meat and making sandwiches, for simplicity's sake, unless you have an idea that tempts you more than that."

"Probably better than I'd usually eat for lunch, honestly." 

Sable nods, then grabs a cut of venison big enough for two hearty sandwiches and tosses it onto a cutting board. "Slice some bread and pick out some toppings while I work on this, love?"

She starts lightly seasoning the meat, then tosses it onto the grill.

Toppings, toppings. Normally she'd just put on a spice mix from her cupboard for something like this. She's a little lost so she cuts the bread first. 

"What would you usually put on a sandwich like this for toppings?"

She keeps a careful eye on the venison while she replies, "Cheese, maybe some kind of spread, some vegetables. I usually have lettuce and maybe tomato on mine, but obviously we're not putting any lettuce on yours. Can't remember if I found pickles, but I might put those on. Basically just whatever seems tasty. Feel free to just look through stuff and ask me if I think it sounds good on a sammich."

"Ooh! I had literally never thought of putting pickles on a sandwich before. That is a great idea if we have any. In my family we'd always have, like, a pickle on the side if we had any pickles at all."

She goes through the stores, and finds a lack of pickles. "We definitely should pick up pickles in town, I really like them when my family gets them but we barely get them ever." 

"That makes two of us," she says with a smile. "We'll definitely pick some up, then. Don't think we have any spreads, either. There should at least be mustard, when we get to the city."

"If we could make some kind of salsa that would be wonderful. I love wraps, they're just better than sandwiches."

"Oooh. That's a great idea, if only we had tomatoes. I wonder if they'll have 'em in Cordova."

She keeps tending the cuts of venison.

"We'll just have to see when we get there, won't we?"

Hyacinth grabs the cheese and tries to cut some thin slices to add to the sandwich. They come out slightly blocky, but that's not so bad. 

And then Sable pulls the venison off the fire. "Okay, meat's ready." 

She carefully lays strips of it onto the sandwiches, and adds some lettuce to one sandwich, then plates them up and sits down.

Sin takes her sandwich and sits down, and starts eating. A smile comes to her face from the taste... and then a thoughtful look.

"You know," Hibiscus says after a moment. "If I'm looking for a Capital-P Purpose, dealing with Pagutum in here so others don't have to could be worthwhile for me. It'd use my skills for something... meaningful. And we already have a plot hook in that direction..." 

She grins. "How do you feel about kicking some bigots' asses in VR?"

Sable smiles, then Hailey slips into front and grins sharply. "I feel like being a violent, expansionist, nation-conquering racist in a world where violence is allowed means you're just volunteering to be stabbed in the face. I'm inclined to take them up on that kind invitation."

"Oh good." Hibiscus grins. 

"Let's try and make good time to Cordova, then. I want to see what the Gay Blades have to say to us, sooner than later." 

She laughs and nods, then takes another bite of her sandwich. "Yep, sounds like a plan. Pity I can't carry you for extra speed, but oh well. Have to work up to that eventually."

"We'll get there in time. If I'm not too diverted by exploring what this place has for sex magic on the way."

"Sex magic, you say? That's definitely worth looking into. Hell, we'd buy a tree if one looked promising."