"Erm, yeah, I suppose eating the cup wouldn't be that good for you."
One would think my cupcake-eating demonstration would have covered removing the cup.
Try out the tea!
"How about the tea, do you like it? Careful, it might be a bit hot."
The tea is quite good, you find. Not really as good as if you had made it yourself, but quality tea nevertheless. Lois, who decides to imitate what you're doing, doesn't seem to share your opinion.
"It is quite hot. What is it supposed to be?" she asks, looking fairly unimpressed.
Eta readjusted her glasses.
"It's tea." she blurted out, a bit baffled by her reaction.
"Made by leaving leaves taken from a tea plant in hot water for a while and then removing them from it." she elaborated a moment later.
"Sometimes I put cinnamon or honey in it to change the flavour. It's very nice. And the warmth is good, soothing. Especially during a cold winter day or when your throat is hurting." she proceeded to defend her favourite beverage.
I guess I shouldn't judge the poor girl. Everyone's entitled to their own tastes and opinions. Who knows? Perhaps with time she'll grow to like it. "At least, that's my opinion. Not everyone likes it." said Eta and forced a smile on her lips, even though she mentally cringed at the thought of people disliking tea.
"Anyway, do you know anything about me? Or how you came to be here?"
"You conjured me, so to speak. So you're a wizard. Or would that be a witch? That's all I know, really."
"Oh. Well, that's good to know. It's nice to have some further confirmation on the matter. You know, ensure I'm not going crazy." said Eta, making a motion to indicate a loose screw in her brain.
"This has been one crazy night. One crazy week..." Eta said to herself and sighed. She remained silent for a while, listening to the voices of the various patrons of this fine establishment while thinking about the events of those past few days.
Can I hear what the people around are talking about? Anything interesting?
Some of them seem to be talking about dinosaurs (you suspect one of the fellows here may be an elderly paleontologist), while others are busy talking about things such as strange noises in the night, a rather large storm that's due to approach soon and, strangely enough, cricket. The last bit is mostly represented by a fellow talking to himself in a corner, though.
"Speaking of crazy... Come on, I think I got an idea!" said Eta as she got up, got her mug and walked over to the Palaeontologist, motioning for Lois to follow her.
"Hello sir. I hope I'm not disturbing you. I couldn't help but overhear you talking about those dinosaurs that fell from the sky the other day and... well, you see, me and my friend here are very interested in the subject. Dinosaurs are such fascinating creatures. We would love to hear the opinion of someone who seems to know much more about those creatures than we do. Would you mind if we were to join your table?"Strike up a conversation with the palaeontologist and his friends (assuming they don't mind, of course). What's his take on the whole dinosaur situation? Where did they come from? Did they came from a single time period? Are they real dinosaurs? And most importantly, has he heard of any live dinosaurs around here, perhaps some that we could go see?((I know that the correct action in this type of situation would be to investigate the strange noises in the hopes they would lead to magic but the chance of meeting a dinosaur is too much to pass up.))
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