The snake couldn't hum agreement, but a sense of it passed through the Attuned bond as his head bobbed in the water. Shipwrecks, sunken treasures... he'd read enough fanciful tales of such things, as much as an inland boy could imagine them. Back then he had imagined a vast and salty lake... The reality was so much different, and so much more than his young mind could ever have pictured from books alone.
The comparison to a paint brush might have brought a chuckle of delighted agreement from the bard, but all that emerged were bubbles from his reptilian nose as bright eyes twinkled at the young merlady. You're right! Food can be a kind of art, too, he agreed wholeheartedly. He loved Amalia's baking for just that reason: the artistry of flavors, warmth, love, and presentation, all without even a hint of Abandoned magic in the mix. But your paintbrush analogy is even closer than that. Some artists use a tool called a palette knife - a knife that looks a little like that one - to scrape paint over canvas to make pictures, too. Not exactly like a butter knife, but not too far off from it.
Jigano was relieved that his hostess of the sea didn't mind his mistakes, and he sent a pulse of gratitude through the bond. You can eat kelp and seaweed? Fish and clams he'd seen for sale in the Port, but he hadn't realized the greenery of the sea was edible, too. He'd assumed it was like giant grass... edible to some animals, but not particularly tasty to people - humans, merfolk, or Fae. The mention of raw meat, though, earned a chuckle. Oh, many Attuned eat it raw, too, if they have a predator shift. The land my ancestors were from often ate fish raw, as well, I remember my mother telling me. But cooking does change the flavor of it. What do you use for seasonings and spices underwater? Perhaps a trade of culinary arts could be arranged?
The comparison to a paint brush might have brought a chuckle of delighted agreement from the bard, but all that emerged were bubbles from his reptilian nose as bright eyes twinkled at the young merlady. You're right! Food can be a kind of art, too, he agreed wholeheartedly. He loved Amalia's baking for just that reason: the artistry of flavors, warmth, love, and presentation, all without even a hint of Abandoned magic in the mix. But your paintbrush analogy is even closer than that. Some artists use a tool called a palette knife - a knife that looks a little like that one - to scrape paint over canvas to make pictures, too. Not exactly like a butter knife, but not too far off from it.
Jigano was relieved that his hostess of the sea didn't mind his mistakes, and he sent a pulse of gratitude through the bond. You can eat kelp and seaweed? Fish and clams he'd seen for sale in the Port, but he hadn't realized the greenery of the sea was edible, too. He'd assumed it was like giant grass... edible to some animals, but not particularly tasty to people - humans, merfolk, or Fae. The mention of raw meat, though, earned a chuckle. Oh, many Attuned eat it raw, too, if they have a predator shift. The land my ancestors were from often ate fish raw, as well, I remember my mother telling me. But cooking does change the flavor of it. What do you use for seasonings and spices underwater? Perhaps a trade of culinary arts could be arranged?
