The Madgod's Mailbox/Sending Stone

[blindwatchersees]

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[blindwatchersees]

"Oh, you'll find wisdom in the strangest places. Haven't you ever put food in your mouth and the taste mingled with an idea you were already keeping in your thought-maw, making your brain get a lick of something new? I have."

[maximumcake]

"Actually... yes." Strangely enough, he really does feel as if he's had that exact experience before. Many times.

"I always thought of it as inspiration. Sometimes a flavor combination just sparks something in me and I can't concentrate until I work it out."

[blindwatchersees]

He does a little wiggle, delighted.

"Do tell, do tell, does the taste of chocolate have a shape to you?"

[maximumcake]

"Hm. Not a shape, exactly, but a... texture? I don't know how else to describe it. Chocolate, to me, feels... smooth and rounded."

[blindwatchersees]

“Yes! Yes, absolutely! Unless it’s got very little fat in it, then it’s more blocky!”

[maximumcake]

"I'm not much of a fan of low fat sweets that shouldn't be low fat," he says with a sagely nod. "Some things just don't turn out right without it. But I don't mind making substitutions instead, mind you. Did you know I make a whole line of sweet potato stuff at the bakery for people like Bart who can't do sweet-sweet?" With the everlasting yam, it's profitable no matter what. "Ever had potato bread?"