Potato Gems

Mako, Chuck, and Max, piled together in Team Coyote Tango’s suite, watch The Book of Life.
And then Chuck’s stomach rumbles. 
Max snuffles. 
“Want anything?” Chuck asks, extracting himself. 
"No, thank you,” says Mako.
Max wiggles free. 
Chuck shuffles over to the kitchenette, Max on his heels, and rifles around for something straightforward. 
Potato gems! 
“Potato gems?” he calls. 
“I’m fine.” 
Max pants happily. 
“You’ve already eaten,” says Chuck, retrieving the tray from the oven. 
Max whines. 
“Not gonna work, buddy.” Chuck fiddles with the controls, pours fried potato-y goodness into the tray, and sets them on the road to ‘edible’. 
Max woffles. 
“C’mon.” Chuck returns to the couch, hoists Max up, plunks down himself. 
A scene later, the oven announces the arrival of the potato gems at their destination. 
Chuck rolls to his feet and heads over. 
Max woffles half a step behind. 
Chuck tracks down an oven mitt. “I said, ‘no’.” Unloads the tray from the oven. 
Max whines. 
Chuck sets down the tray, gets a plate. “Still not working.” Serves himself a plateful, makes his way back to the couch. 
Max bounds along. 
Mako—
“I’ll get it,” offers Chuck, abandoning his potato gems on the coffee table. 
—hands him her water bottle, sits back in the blankets. 
Chuck strolls to the sink and fills up her water bottle. Halfway back to the couch—
Something is very wrong. 
“Max?” 
Max perks up. 
“Did you eat my potato gems?” 
Max ducks his head, drops eight, whole, drool-soaked potato gems from his mouth.
Mako’s shy of disgust is only a few centimeters. 
Chuck drags himself around. “Keep ‘em.” Gets himself a new plate. 
Max barks.  
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