Pasta babies

*you buy some pasta from the store*

*goes home*

*you open the package and see the little pasta babies*

*you buy some pasta from the store*

*i open the package*

*there is a little baby inside*

*quickly reduce heat to lowest setting* shh shh, it's okay! i won't let you dissolve

*The heat subsides. The terror on their faces melts into exhausted relief. The one with the tear manages a weak, wobbly smile.*

*makes it to max on purpose*