The base was quiet. While normally it would be filled with crickets, even those were hard to come by in this world.

Down in the kitchen, rustling couldve heard through the pantry. Water boiled on the stove, and wrappers crinkled before being discarded.

“Hey, did you know we had these?” Riyo asked, waving around a can of peaches. She turned it around in her hand, humming as she read the back. “Oooh, expiration label is scratched off.”

She glanced back over at you, setting the can back down on the shelf.

“Water’s boiling. Watcha making there? Looks more like a meal than a snack.” She chuckled.