Upon closer inspection, Halia recognized it as something she'd been given during her first meal at the hotel.
"It's cheese. I think. They like it smelly here," she said, her nose scrunching. She'd noticed that most of the fancy foods smelled or looked plain awful; she missed all the fruits and fish from back home. "It would be so easy for them to poison us here. I don't know what anything's supposed to taste like," she lamented, not daring to touch it. She opted for a biscuit instead, which she had to admit was tasty compared to the other dishes she'd tried.
"It's cheese. I think. They like it smelly here," she said, her nose scrunching. She'd noticed that most of the fancy foods smelled or looked plain awful; she missed all the fruits and fish from back home. "It would be so easy for them to poison us here. I don't know what anything's supposed to taste like," she lamented, not daring to touch it. She opted for a biscuit instead, which she had to admit was tasty compared to the other dishes she'd tried.