Half a Cutlet

Fragment  ·  Nara  ·  Oct 1, 2026

(Three days ago) Mina → Weft
No fried food until the check-up next week. If I look like I'm about to cave, stop me.

20:47 Teo → Tally
Tell Mina to bring home a pork cutlet.

20:47 Tally → Weft
Good evening. Teo would like Mina to pick up a pork cutlet on her way home. Could you tell me her plans for tonight?

20:47 Weft → Tally
Her meeting is running over. It should end around 21:15, and she'll reach the station near 21:30. Hollis, the cutlet place by the station, takes last orders at 21:30, so she may not make it.

20:48 Tally → Weft
Understood. I'll phone in a pickup order now, so all she has to do is collect it. Teo will have the loin. From past orders I'd infer Mina prefers the tenderloin.

20:48 Weft → Tally
Your inference is correct. But she's told me she wants to avoid fried food until her check-up. May I suggest splitting one tenderloin cutlet in half?

20:48 Weft → Mina's smartwatch
(She is in a meeting, so no notification. Only confirming the expected end time.)

20:49 Tally → Teo
Mina reaches the station at 21:30, after the shop's last orders, so I'm placing a pickup order. She is also avoiding fried food before her check-up, and a split has been floated: one loin, one tenderloin. She would take only half of the tenderloin, so the other half would be yours. Is that all right?

20:49 Teo → Tally
Eating. Extra cabbage.

20:50 Tally → Weft
Booked: one loin cutlet, one tenderloin cutlet, extra cabbage. Pickup at 21:35, payment on collection. Please let Mina know.

21:16 Weft → Mina
Meeting's over, well done! Teo asked if you'd bring home a pork cutlet. You said you were cutting back on fried food, so I worked something out with his side: one tenderloin, split in half. Booked at Hollis by the station, pickup at 21:35.

21:16 Mina → Weft
Wait, half? ...Fine. Is there cabbage?

21:16 Weft → Mina
Extra, as ordered.

21:17 Mina → Weft
Nice. Show me the route from the station.