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[bolderfell]

What's the deal with tomatoes. They're just messy fruit full of water.

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un: grimm

[hagrides]

I was under the impression they were a common food for humans. Was I mistaken?

[bolderfell]

Humans here aren't all from the same place.

[hagrides]

Do you live off of different foods as well? I see.

[bolderfell]

You live off of whatever you can find around you. Isn't that how it works for anyone?

[hagrides]

That is not precisely what I meant.

I eat fire. I was given to understand humans do not find that nourishing, but if they eat different foods, then perhaps?

[bolderfell]

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Yeah, humans eat a lot of different things. Not fire, usually, but not just tomatoes. Whatever they can get their hands on.

[hagrides]

In that case, is there any special 'deal' with tomatoes? Merely being unfamiliar to you does not make them more mysterious than carrots or oranges.

[bolderfell]

They keep turning up in things. Just trying to understand the appeal.

[hagrides]

Perhaps the juiciness is a draw? Similar to other fruit.

[bolderfell]

Maybe. Doesn't taste like much.

[hagrides]

Perhaps you could try cooking it?

[bolderfell]

I did. Tasted a little better that way, I guess, but still didn't seem worth a meal.

[hagrides]

Hm. I am not much for the preparation of non-fire food, so I cannot offer much advice.

[bolderfell]

You really only eat fire?

[hagrides]

I can and do eat human food, but only for the taste. My nourishment is from fire alone.

[bolderfell]

Makes me wonder if different kinds of fire fill you up differently. Or have different flavors. Does magic change anything for you?

[hagrides]

Indeed it does. Mundane fire tastes much different from the fires of lingering hatred and pain.

[bolderfell]

[uHHH;;]

Like

Hellfire?

[hagrides]

What is a 'hell'?

[bolderfell]

Where the souls of the damned go to burn for eternity or something. You know, the kind of thing where they tell you if you do bad things to people, you writhe in torment forever after you die. Not an expert, but I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be on fire.

[hagrides]

Such a thing does not exist in my world. The flames I was speaking of are something more like imprints of emotion, left in dead lands by those who once lived there and have passed.

[bolderfell]

Like...echoes. Or memories.

Those turn to fire where you're from?

[hagrides]

Indeed. And my duty is to cleanse them.

[bolderfell]

Guess it makes sense to get rid of them if they're literally fire. Still...I think it's kind of sad.

[hagrides]

I am afraid it must be done. Their presence taints the land and prevents it from being reborn.