DB seems to be aware they're talking about him, and he wriggles his way a little closer, in obvious hopes Cody won't call him to heel again. Hardcase, meanwhile, is busily buffing his prize against his shirt, clearly just to rub it in to Hevy that he won and the General noticed.
"Hardcase!" comes Rex's voice from the kitchen, sharp and commanding, and Hardcase deflates almost visibly. "Get in here, it's your day for KP duty and these potatoes aren't mashing themselves!"
"Yessir," he calls, and turns towards a door to the left. "It's good to see you, sir!" he adds to the General before trotting obediently off.
"Jesse, Hevy," Cody adds. "Finish setting the table, we can all catch up with General Jedao over dinner. And Tup-" He turns and looks at the youngest member of their little clan, his voice going a little gentler as he smiles encouragingly at him. "Why don't you take the General up to the roof. Echo can help you show off your garden while Fives gets cleaned up for dinner." And he fixes Fives with a quelling glare, just daring him to protest being kept behind.
Fives rolls his eyes and sighs, prepared for the inevitable lecture on getting above his station. "It's Tup and Echo's garden, so they're the best to show it to you," Fives agrees, and even if he's annoyed at Cody he doesn't let any of it come through for Tup. "Go on, little brother. Take DB up with you too, he'll want to go see his dad now that we're here." He knows Echo had only left him behind because he'd have been beside himself trying to get down from the roof to greet him at the door otherwise.
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"Hardcase!" comes Rex's voice from the kitchen, sharp and commanding, and Hardcase deflates almost visibly. "Get in here, it's your day for KP duty and these potatoes aren't mashing themselves!"
"Yessir," he calls, and turns towards a door to the left. "It's good to see you, sir!" he adds to the General before trotting obediently off.
"Jesse, Hevy," Cody adds. "Finish setting the table, we can all catch up with General Jedao over dinner. And Tup-" He turns and looks at the youngest member of their little clan, his voice going a little gentler as he smiles encouragingly at him. "Why don't you take the General up to the roof. Echo can help you show off your garden while Fives gets cleaned up for dinner." And he fixes Fives with a quelling glare, just daring him to protest being kept behind.
Fives rolls his eyes and sighs, prepared for the inevitable lecture on getting above his station. "It's Tup and Echo's garden, so they're the best to show it to you," Fives agrees, and even if he's annoyed at Cody he doesn't let any of it come through for Tup. "Go on, little brother. Take DB up with you too, he'll want to go see his dad now that we're here." He knows Echo had only left him behind because he'd have been beside himself trying to get down from the roof to greet him at the door otherwise.