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[redwinekindofgirl]

Sooooo, guys, girls, others. What's the grossest thing you've ever eaten?

[Don't mistake this for her not being concerned about Caedra, and not being concerned about generally everything, but a recent conversation and a recent find has piqued her curiosity enough to ask the question.

For her own answer, she holds up a small, white, chalky-looking cube.]

This one's mine. It's called 'carbtien', and it's basically what we live on back home, because we can't grow enough food for everyone. It's military rations, and I don't know what they put in it, but it doesn't taste of anything and when you try to swallow it, it's like your brain forgets how swallowing works.

[Julie snorts softly and drops the cube down out of sight.]

I found a big bag of them just lying around a couple of weeks ago. Weird, right? I guess I'll keep it safe for if we ever end up starving or something. You might not thank me, though.

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[circumitus]

And what's the worst thing you've heard so far?

[redwinekindofgirl]

Uh... gonna say it's between 'people' and 'evil magic rock'.

[Way too many 'people' replies.]

[circumitus]

Oh.

[That reminds Rey of something, actually...]

Rage and Fear once fucked with the food supply and tricked people into eating... well, people. Haven't eaten the meat at the shops ever since -- but then, never did eat the meat here without killing it myself.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Yeah... I think that's what people are talking about? I haven't touched any meat since I got here, but I'd do a lot for a cheeseburger.

[Sigh. It's been so long since she's had a cheeseburger.]

Or some pad thai that wasn't freezer-burned.

[circumitus]

Even if the likelihood of them fucking with our food like that again is nil, it's still hard to trust anything that a bunch of cloud people poofed from out of nowhere. Better to catch or grow your own food. At least that way you know how it got on your plate.

[But Rey understands that isn't an option for everyone. In a perfect world, they could rely on themselves and not have to make deals and arrangements with the gods

[This is all far from perfect.]

Some decent pad thai might not be all that difficult, though.