"Nerve Intrusion Dependency Toxin. Slow-acting, highly potent, and cocoa-flavored, by the way."
Sandora drained the fragrant brown soup before her in one gulp, wiped her mouth, and delivered an impartial assessment. Naturally, that assessment took place through the Spiritual Connection, so Anu Za and his older sister knew nothing about it. The siblings were still attentively serving everyone soup while showing appropriate concern at Sandora's heroic drinking. When they saw that the cake in front of her had also vanished, they showed even greater concern.
Anu Za said, "Aha, it looks like this guest really likes our Square Cake. My sister is the best cook in the village. Please, eat as much as you like. Letting guests leave with full bellies is the thing our village is proudest of!"
As Anu Za spoke, the rest of us quickly exchanged glances. Through the Spiritual Connection, Miss Lin solemnly asked Sandora, "Are you sure? It really tastes like cocoa?"
Sandora drained her second bowl of soup and smacked her lips. "Mm, there might be a bit of coffee flavor too, but it isn't as bitter."
I said, "...Aren't you focusing on the wrong issue?"
Pandora and Viska struggled a little to pull themselves up against the edge of the table, then leaned their noses toward the soup bowls to sniff them. They reached for their guns, so I gave each of the two Dwarf Gourds a chop to the head. Sandora finally stopped caring about what the soup tasted like and began discussing business. "The soup contains a component capable of affecting the neural centers of certain types of Carbon-Based Lifeforms. Of course, it has no effect on us. I roughly analyzed its mechanism and molecular structure, and incidentally scanned the neural patterns of every resident in the village. I can confirm