MARKED - Just eat your lunch, kids.
Feb. 10th, 2017 08:35 pmMARKED - 3.3
Nilien looked at her food, then back to Lorque. “You can— well, I believe you, but just by looking?” She tasted her food — not the beans, taking Lorque’s warning to heart. It tasted the same as it had a moment ago. She took another bite and gave it some consideration. “So you can look at any food and tell if it’s poisoned?”
“Yep.” Lorque grinned at her. “Neat, isn’t it? And it’s a handy skill to have, living with you.”
“You make it sound like she’s going to poison your food,” Riva complained. Slyly, and in a tone Nilien thought was teasing, she asked, “are you?”
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Nilien looked at her food, then back to Lorque. “You can— well, I believe you, but just by looking?” She tasted her food — not the beans, taking Lorque’s warning to heart. It tasted the same as it had a moment ago. She took another bite and gave it some consideration. “So you can look at any food and tell if it’s poisoned?”
“Yep.” Lorque grinned at her. “Neat, isn’t it? And it’s a handy skill to have, living with you.”
“You make it sound like she’s going to poison your food,” Riva complained. Slyly, and in a tone Nilien thought was teasing, she asked, “are you?”
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