[ she should have known gela would be more helpful in this endeavor than cedric—there's the scritch scritch sound of quill on paper as ness takes notes. ]

Hand pies with fish and spices, perfect—any particular spices off the top of your head? Or, and I feel like this is probably a stretch, a recipe, maybe? I'm wonderful at following directions, less so at improvisation...

I don't think I've heard of candied sage leaves before, that's fascinating!

[ scritch scritch, scritch scritch. ]