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Troy laughed lightly and shrugged his shoulders as he went back to eating the few foods on his plate "How else am I going to learn to take over for my father, if I don't do the things he would normally do, Laz? I have to learn, and handling small problems like this - or that..." he nodded toward where Red and Mitsuo had been earlier in the evening "How will I learn to handle larger problems when the time comes?"

Another shrug as he chewed one of the meatballs, covering his mouth once again to talk "My father and I have had the conversation about me one day getting a mate; back then it was an unknown mate, but now I know who my mate is - and he does too, likely." Troy reached over and squeezed Lazul's thigh gently, smiling at him "Telling him how I've finally found 'the one' will go simply - he'll be proud of me, threaten me that if I don't take care of my mate he'll do something drastic, and then hug me and call my mother into the room so she can do the same exact thing."