04-19-2021, 10:15 PM
[align=center][div style="max-width: 415px;text-align: justify;font-family: times new roman;font-size: 10pt;line-height: 116%;text-indent: 35px;"]In his time with his old parents, Ruven hadn't ever really had good food. He'd come to the Coalition underfed and confused, and as time grew while he'd been here despite the mudslide he'd been able to eat food that was good, food that was fresh. He had been a fan of the fresh meat that he'd been given daily since he'd been here, the ability to not have to worry about getting sick from the rotting flesh of an animal long since dead a memory that would hopefully soon be distant, despite the best efforts of the Coalition's resident reptile.
He had eaten nothing but meat since he'd gotten here almost a month ago now, so when Arvid had made the little fruity worms that he had offered those around him, Ruven could only try and consider the other possibilities of food around him, and so he'd gone searching for someone to tell him about different foods. The one most interesting and that seemed the most simple to the lion cub was, of course, the simple peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
The NPC that had told the child of the simple sandwich seemed to be enthusiastic that someone was willing to try the food, and had given Ruven different things to try with it. At first he had been overwhelmed - there were so many different jellies and jams that could be used, not to mention the different types of peanut butter - and so with careful consideration ( and advice from the stranger ) Ruven had decided to go with a simple grape jelly and regular, smooth peanut butter.
Sitting down in the middle of camp, the child would stare at the two slices of bread with filling in between, ears pinned to his head in worry for just a moment as he built up the nerve to try it. It was so simple, and it was foods that he'd never had before, what if he didn't like it? No, he couldn't think of that now, he had to be brave, he had to try the sandwich, and so he brought it up to his maw and took a bite, smile coming across his lips for a moment as he realized that yes, he did like the taste. That was before a small whimper came from the boy's throat and tears began to form in his eyes as he quietly began to cry. The bread and the peanut butter was stuck to the roof of his mouth.
He had eaten nothing but meat since he'd gotten here almost a month ago now, so when Arvid had made the little fruity worms that he had offered those around him, Ruven could only try and consider the other possibilities of food around him, and so he'd gone searching for someone to tell him about different foods. The one most interesting and that seemed the most simple to the lion cub was, of course, the simple peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
The NPC that had told the child of the simple sandwich seemed to be enthusiastic that someone was willing to try the food, and had given Ruven different things to try with it. At first he had been overwhelmed - there were so many different jellies and jams that could be used, not to mention the different types of peanut butter - and so with careful consideration ( and advice from the stranger ) Ruven had decided to go with a simple grape jelly and regular, smooth peanut butter.
Sitting down in the middle of camp, the child would stare at the two slices of bread with filling in between, ears pinned to his head in worry for just a moment as he built up the nerve to try it. It was so simple, and it was foods that he'd never had before, what if he didn't like it? No, he couldn't think of that now, he had to be brave, he had to try the sandwich, and so he brought it up to his maw and took a bite, smile coming across his lips for a moment as he realized that yes, he did like the taste. That was before a small whimper came from the boy's throat and tears began to form in his eyes as he quietly began to cry. The bread and the peanut butter was stuck to the roof of his mouth.