Diplomatic Immunity--Preface: Vasha's Discovery, Part II

"Nope, but if they're serving those people, they should be coming to us next. When I said seafood, it isn't quite fish that he's getting. It's another kind of critter that lives in their rivers that I hear tell tastes even better. Ah, look over there--there's our waitress with the food!"

*The waitress heads to the table, placing a strange-looking dish in front of Vasha that is shaped like a giant seashell made of some sort of thing that smells delightful, with a mix of different things inside held together by a delicious-smelling sweet-and-sour sauce and what look like flowers placed in the corners of the plate for style, although they seem to be delicately crafted out of something edible. Karya gets a dish with long noodles, cheese, spices, and a thick sauce. In between the two, perhaps not realising that the dish is going to go to Puddles, the waitress places a sauce-covered dish with what looks like sliced tentacles and meat, with citrus fruit slices of all different colours arranged around the plate's edge.*
 

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"Oooh, Sorry Puddles, but I want a taste." Vasha sneaks a small piece of tentacle. "Oooh, you lucky dog you."

She sets his food down for him, and then samples some of the other food. "Oooh, this is good. Reminds me a bit of the Arrian fruit, but it's got a bit of a different taste to it. Stronger, a little less watery."
 

"Yes, the flavours are very strong in Chuliiti food. In fact, some people find it to be too strong for them to deal with, but Nymphs like us who are used to strong emotions and strong sensations can handle the experience, right Vasha?"
 

"Right! We're manly nymphs!"

Vasha bursts out laughing, realizing how inapropriate that Valsian saying is in this case.
 


"No, definately not Sister." Vasha says giggling. She raises her glass to Karya's "To sisters, and the love than brings us all togeather."
 


Vasha finishes up dinner, and sees that Puddles has had no trouble finishing his plate.

"That was wonderful Sister, thank you for sharing."
 


Vasha brings the plate back up to the table. "Yeah, though if he could, he'd probably tell the chief it was fantastic."
 

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