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“Hi Avery, I’m Brylon. It is very nice to meet you.” Brylon put on his best smile for his friend’s new mate.
“Hi” was the only thing she could muster up to say in return.
Zeb went around to the other side of the counter and started to fill up plates with food. Food she had never seen before. Then he placed a glass in front of her with a green liquid in it.
“What is that in the glass?” She eyed the glass suspiciously.
“Try it and tell me if you like it.”
He watched as she brought the glass to her lips and took a tentative sip. She glanced up at him while she licked her lips, “It tastes like apple juice.” She put the glass back to her mouth and took several more swallows.
“It’s called leppa juice. It comes from a fruit grown on our planet that is about as big as that plate there.”
“It’s delicious. Can I have some more?” She held her glass out to him so that he could pour her more of the green juice.
Next, he handed her a plate that had many strange looking items on it as well.
“Go ahead and try something, then I’ll tell you what it is.”
This time she was a bit more hesitant to put the food in her mouth. She was never one to try new foods, always sticking with what she knew she liked. With no other choice but to try the food, the first thing she tried appeared to be some sort of bread. It had a soft texture just like the Bunny Bread back home but was the red color of watermelon. It tasted sweet and melted in her mouth.
“Hmm. That’s really good. What’s it called?” She took another bite and waited for one of the men to answer her.
“That’s Bhakta. Good isn’t it. I get it from the grain store on the ship. It is made from powa, a grain that we grow that is similar to your wheat. It is a main staple in our diet. Many of our food items can be made from it. Take a bite of the little brown things.” Brylon answered. Brylon was enjoying himself. Sitting there watching her reactions to the different tastes of the foods. He knew when she tasted the nimo that she was not going to like it. He watched for the impending reaction that he knew was coming.
Avery moved the little brown things around on the plate, unsure if she really wanted to give that a try. It didn’t look very appetizing to her. Bringing a spoon full of the bean looking things to her mouth she got a whiff of something that smelled like mud. She put the spoonful into her mouth and gave a few quick chews. All at once, her eyes grew wide and she started to gag. Brylon and Zeb both started to laugh at the same time and Brylon quickly handed her a napkin to spit the nimo into, before she lost everything she had already eaten.
“Ugh! That’s disgusting. Oh my God that is so unbelievably nasty. I am not sure I even want to know what it’s made from.” Her eyes were watering from the horrible taste in her mouth so she grabbed her glass of leppa juice and took a big swallow. “I think I will stick to the red bread stuff.”
Zeb continued to chuckle when he said to her, “I thought I would just let you give it a try, and you obviously don’t like it.”
“Can you blame the girl? I never could stand that stuff. I don’t know how anyone eats it.” Brylon continued to laugh as well, but stuck his tongue out at the thought of eating the nimo. “My father used to make me sit at the table and eat every bit of it. Sometimes I would sit there for hours choking down the nasty stuff. Many times my mother would pass by me and take bites so that I wouldn’t have to eat it all. It was my father’s favorite food and he asked my mother for it on a regular basis.”
Avery shoved the plate away from her announcing at the same time, “I think I have had enough food.” She glanced up at Zeb and caught him staring at her. He looked way quickly as if he had just been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. He picked up the plates and the glasses and moved to put them into the steel sink that was next to the
“Hi Avery, I’m Brylon. It is very nice to meet you.” Brylon put on his best smile for his friend’s new mate.
“Hi” was the only thing she could muster up to say in return.
Zeb went around to the other side of the counter and started to fill up plates with food. Food she had never seen before. Then he placed a glass in front of her with a green liquid in it.
“What is that in the glass?” She eyed the glass suspiciously.
“Try it and tell me if you like it.”
He watched as she brought the glass to her lips and took a tentative sip. She glanced up at him while she licked her lips, “It tastes like apple juice.” She put the glass back to her mouth and took several more swallows.
“It’s called leppa juice. It comes from a fruit grown on our planet that is about as big as that plate there.”
“It’s delicious. Can I have some more?” She held her glass out to him so that he could pour her more of the green juice.
Next, he handed her a plate that had many strange looking items on it as well.
“Go ahead and try something, then I’ll tell you what it is.”
This time she was a bit more hesitant to put the food in her mouth. She was never one to try new foods, always sticking with what she knew she liked. With no other choice but to try the food, the first thing she tried appeared to be some sort of bread. It had a soft texture just like the Bunny Bread back home but was the red color of watermelon. It tasted sweet and melted in her mouth.
“Hmm. That’s really good. What’s it called?” She took another bite and waited for one of the men to answer her.
“That’s Bhakta. Good isn’t it. I get it from the grain store on the ship. It is made from powa, a grain that we grow that is similar to your wheat. It is a main staple in our diet. Many of our food items can be made from it. Take a bite of the little brown things.” Brylon answered. Brylon was enjoying himself. Sitting there watching her reactions to the different tastes of the foods. He knew when she tasted the nimo that she was not going to like it. He watched for the impending reaction that he knew was coming.
Avery moved the little brown things around on the plate, unsure if she really wanted to give that a try. It didn’t look very appetizing to her. Bringing a spoon full of the bean looking things to her mouth she got a whiff of something that smelled like mud. She put the spoonful into her mouth and gave a few quick chews. All at once, her eyes grew wide and she started to gag. Brylon and Zeb both started to laugh at the same time and Brylon quickly handed her a napkin to spit the nimo into, before she lost everything she had already eaten.
“Ugh! That’s disgusting. Oh my God that is so unbelievably nasty. I am not sure I even want to know what it’s made from.” Her eyes were watering from the horrible taste in her mouth so she grabbed her glass of leppa juice and took a big swallow. “I think I will stick to the red bread stuff.”
Zeb continued to chuckle when he said to her, “I thought I would just let you give it a try, and you obviously don’t like it.”
“Can you blame the girl? I never could stand that stuff. I don’t know how anyone eats it.” Brylon continued to laugh as well, but stuck his tongue out at the thought of eating the nimo. “My father used to make me sit at the table and eat every bit of it. Sometimes I would sit there for hours choking down the nasty stuff. Many times my mother would pass by me and take bites so that I wouldn’t have to eat it all. It was my father’s favorite food and he asked my mother for it on a regular basis.”
Avery shoved the plate away from her announcing at the same time, “I think I have had enough food.” She glanced up at Zeb and caught him staring at her. He looked way quickly as if he had just been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. He picked up the plates and the glasses and moved to put them into the steel sink that was next to the
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