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egmented strips and smaller round bits of meat. Toggle
Fingerbiter smiled favorably and hungrily eyed the platter as it
was started at the head of the table, as were all the dishes.
The Dark Lord, noticing, and not wishing to offend, took a
healthy spoonful of the dark spheroids and an ample helping of
the meats. Balkar followed suit, but most of the other men
passed it by or took only a modest helping from it. Toggle
spooned a triple portion of both foods onto his plate and ate
with relish.
When the tray finally reached Sir Edward, the Dark Lord
intentionally slipped a large spoonful of the spheres into his
own mouth and smiled encouragingly as he chewed, while discreetly
swallowing them without letting his teeth touch them. The young
knight took a careful, but large helping from the girl who smiled
down at him, never meeting his gaze.
Having never seen such food, the Tavectans sampled the
dishes cautiously. They were salty, with an unusually tangy
flavor and a stringy interior texture which differed from the
smooth, slightly wrinkled exteriors on which their tongues could
detect tiny ruffles. Still, they were interesting and palatable,
but clearly not vegetable
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