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“I a for my lovely Tabuu!” Lord Torrid exclaimed “Please tell me about your food to distract me”

“All right, well, these are sausages…” E just looked at Lord Torrid’s swollen pair of pink bananas, she found she was less than eager to eat it, so sheand explained it instead

“So you say this is the ovu his dark pink eyebrows

“Yes—they’re dos are delicious and versatile” And cold, she thought, as she finally took a bite If only Lord Torrid would stop talking and let her eat She finally had some decent food in front of her but he just went on and on, completely oblivious to the fact that she really wanted to have her breakfast

“And which of these items on your plate are aphrodisiacs?” he inquired next “Those little brown things?” He pointed to her pile of somewhat misshapen baked beans Em had been in a hurry as she made them from the clay and had rolled them out any which way This meant they were all different sizes, but they still tasted quite nice

“Er, no, those are beans,” Eo with them

“Well, are those considered aphrodisiacs then?” he asked, pointing next at her tomatoes

“Afraid not,” E into one “Actually, none of this food has any aphrodisiac qualities”

“None?” Lord Torrid looked shocked “But how very strange!”

“Not really,” Em said shortly “Actually, none of the food on Earth can be said to be a true aphrodisiac I mean, some foods are rumored to have qualities that enhance, er, libido, but none of them really affect sexual performance—as far as I know”

“Why, on my planet you’re hard pressed to find a food that isn’t an aphrodisiac!” Lord Torrid exclaie without!”

“We make do quite nicely,” E love”

“Oh, my people aren’t either,” Lord Torrid assured her “In fact, the average couple—or throuple—on Sexualis Centris, only ine?”

Quite easily, Eht, but politely didn’t say She simply made a “H and hopefully encourage hi her breakfast