[ The barista takes it down, gives the total, they can exchange and all that... but she wears the same polite, awkward smile the rest of the interaction. She's been at this job like two weeks, man. This kid...
Alberto, meantime, shoves his hands in his pants pockets awkwardly, kicking his feet idly and fidgeting with his toes as he does, staring down at his bare feet with an almost-grimace of a nervous smile. Once the exchange of cash is over, he'll look up to her apologetically, his smile wider but lopsided. ]
Eheh, I, uh— I don't know how much these things cost... I've only ever had espresso at home. It's free there — heh...
[ He doesn't even know what an espresso costs in Portorosso, let alone here, frankly. It's not that he takes anything for granted, that much is apparent just by his reaction here — but he's just... not in the know. Which is not so unusual for a kid his age, nothing exactly suspicious (yet), but he's clearly gonna have some trouble understanding the basics here... ]
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Alberto, meantime, shoves his hands in his pants pockets awkwardly, kicking his feet idly and fidgeting with his toes as he does, staring down at his bare feet with an almost-grimace of a nervous smile. Once the exchange of cash is over, he'll look up to her apologetically, his smile wider but lopsided. ]
Eheh, I, uh— I don't know how much these things cost... I've only ever had espresso at home. It's free there — heh...
[ He doesn't even know what an espresso costs in Portorosso, let alone here, frankly. It's not that he takes anything for granted, that much is apparent just by his reaction here — but he's just... not in the know. Which is not so unusual for a kid his age, nothing exactly suspicious (yet), but he's clearly gonna have some trouble understanding the basics here... ]