“My power tells me some of it,” I said, “And I did some reading after we took over our territories, trying to research that stuff.
I didn’t even feel the need to mention the time she’s had to research stuff after she started caping.
It was an idle thought, but I was thinking that if we got into a food shortage, I could feed my people with bugs.”
Well, wouldn’t be the first time she stuck them into someone’s mouth, I guess.
And in some cultures, people do eat insects. In Japan, you can even get wasp cookies.
Imp made a gagging noise.
“Wow,” Regent said. “See, you just started off by making me think you were warped and creepy because you were suggesting Panacea turn Glory Girl into some sort of bug-borg, and now you’re making me think you’re creepy and weird because you wanted to feed bugs to people who aren’t your enemy.”
Pfffft.
Seriously, I wish we got to see this side of Regent more often. He’s fun when he makes on-point comments like this.
“It was just an idea,” I said, maybe more defensively than I should have, “And bugs are nutritious. People all over the world eat them.”
They do, it’s true.
I mean, I wouldn’t want to, but…
“Have you?” Grue asked.
I kinda love how off-topic this has gotten.
I shook my head, “But I would have tried them first, if I decided to go ahead with that plan.”
“Please,” Amy cut in. “Can you?”
Taylor: “What, eat a bug right now?”
I turned to her. It took me a second to realize what she meant, after the line of questioning from the others.
Yeah, she’s not asking you to demonstrate the eating of bugs. :p
I love this little tangent. If I did numerical ratings for the chapters, I think this last post or so’s worth of dialogue would add a point or two on its own.
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