Fiori went to the stalls and came back-voidrat stick in one hand, a batch of steaming steeldumplings in the other. She considered herself a chef-to-be (oddly enough) and knew these Steeldumplings were at least better than average-these were served with tradition, in that they were served in a heavy stone cone called a 'Scarper'. 'Scarpers' were the castoffs from mining what amounted to boils on the backs of the Giant stone crabs they used to walk across Ynidus (This supposedly did lend distinct flavors of meals cooked within, tastes unique to the city-crab they were mined from)-to relieve the constant heated pressure on the interior of the creatures. Being Dwarves, they used Scarpers as bowls, helmets, and occasionally as ammunition for cannons.
She handed Tokoda her order, but didn't ask for repayment-in fact, the concept of 'money' was quite a bit Alien to her. While many Elves were mercantile, her own clan was insular and disdained trading in anything but blood and battle...
"That's close to what they would serve on Ynidus, I think! I read it...in a book...hmm, you know, I've found that Humans have an interesting reasoning on the word authentic. If they find it more pleasing, then it's more true to them-than something they dislike...I wonder if something is more or less real if you believe in it?"