He sounds like a total pussy. [Says Richie, but then he held out until level three. Another very loud slurp, as if he's just daring Eddie to say something about it. Or drown him in the broth.]

Hey. You know the station's AI, Viveca, she can pull in basically anything you want? I asked her for one of Bill's books as a test and she got me a copy that shouldn't exist, so that was a fucking insane day. [Another loud slurp, but at least he waits until he's swallowed the noodles to continue talking:] If you want, next time we're on the station, we could use the reality-breaking multiverse-spanning teleportation shit to get takeout. There's this Indian restaurant that closed five years ago in Beverly Hills that could set your mouth on fire.