Between Two Walls [Aidan, Yugiri]

"Hey, welcome in!" The boy called out from his place at the huge pot of broth he and his boss had been working on since last night at this point. At this restaurant, broth was a multi-day process and any form of interruption could mean the whole place was shut down while they made more. It wasn't the most intuitive but it was a part of why they had so many regular customers. They wouldn't get such high quality ramen anywhere else, not for miles, and most especially not on the busy streets so close to where they worked.

"We've got deals on Tonkotsu and Tsukemen today if you're up for it." Although once he threw a look over his shoulder he had a feeling this woman wasn't from around here. Something about the posture and attitude, though not bad, was definitely not like any of the locals. "Ah, anything with pork, really. Though we've got chicken flavor, beef, soy, whatever you want. Just let me know." And already he was pulling out a clean bowl from one of the open cabinets and getting ready to whip up whatever the woman ordered. It wasn't busy right now like it would be for lunch or dinner, so there was still room for him to prepare ahead instead of falling behind like they most likely would come the regular meal rushes.

It sounded like the woman was a big eater, to which Aidan just smiled and turned back around to the wall of pots that were stewing a wide variety of ingredients. "Just one moment, please." Was all he said before Aidan set to work. First the tare, followed by aroma oil, and then plenty of pork broth to match the variety of things he'd be tossing in, to say the least. First the actual ramen noodles, of which they had plenty on standby freshly cleaned and strained. He made sure their newest customer got a double serving of those at the least, followed by a double serving of pork, some sliced green onions, and a spoonful of a variety of veggies that were honestly too many to count, but all diced up nice and evenly so they mixed perfectly together.

It took him maybe three minutes at most to get everything together before he turned back around to reach out and place the bowl and some chopsticks right in front of Yugiri. "There ya go, miss. Hopefully double everything is as filling as you're looking for. Can't remember how much three jumbo cheeseburgers actually is, been a while since I've been to America, but that should be pretty close." Boy giving her a smile and a brief bow before turning back around and tending to the broth once more.

"Well, for the most part yeah. I'm probably a quarter asian at best. Mom's half and half, dad's from America. I go back and forth between the countries every so often whenever my parents want to take me around."

Aidan's life was definitely a bit messy and he had been from school to school, to the point that the process of knowing what records to send to where was like routine to him. He definitely looked American, was born there, but most of his time was spent here in Japan. Only recently did his parents get the ability to really settle in Karakura, so before that he had been all over.

"What about you? Where are you from?" He couldn't help but wonder since the woman didn't really look like she was from around here either. All while he took a step to the side to wash his hands once more before beginning to wash and strain some noodles for another woman's order.

Aidan visibly paused at the mention of Soul Society. This was... someone else with powers? Like Natasha, who he'd met just the other day? Why were they suddenly showing up out of the blue like this? Aidan went back to straining out noodles, but now he was distracted with questions once more. His young curiosity always got the better of him, and with a look over his shoulder at the woman's impish expression, Aidan couldn't help but laugh.

"Yeah? What kind of training?" He wondered, setting the thoroughly strained noodles in a bowl while he went to go work on the broth in a separate bowl. Mixing in the tare first, the oils, the broth, and then a few other things in a second bowl before serving both that and the bowl of cold noodles to the other person who'd ordered shortly after Yugiri. After that he was back to the dishes, but at least doing that he could better pay attention to this strange foreigner from... the actual Soul Society, of all places.

Aidan was listening to what this woman was saying, but he could hardly believe the idea of crossing a country in a single step like that. And what the hell was flash stepping? Hoho? Wasn't that a Pokémon? Aidan let out a little exhale of amusement. This was just some chick trying to grab attention or something, right?

"There's no way anyone could do something like that." He said while hand drying a bowl before reaching out to wash another one. "I know people can like, shoot lasers and stuff, but going that far that fast... What even is a flash step?"

It was obvious he wouldn't know what that actually is, and yet the woman kept on boasting about it anyways. Clearly she was just trying to goad him into asking more questions, but like he already knew, his curiosity always got the better of him. Especially when it came to stuff like this.