Alvin stood by the camp stove, looking at the oysters and sea urchins the children had collected. After thinking it over, he summoned a few crows and sent them off to steal some bird eggs for him.
Steamed sea urchin with egg was a delicacy anywhere. The sea urchins in these clean waters weren't small, and when you cracked one open and removed its innards, the petal-like sea urchin roe looked incredibly appetizing.
He pried open the oysters, picked out the tender meat, chopped it up, and put it in a bowl. Then all he had to do was wait for the crows to return. With some bird eggs, he could make an oyster omelet.
Alvin wasn't exactly a master chef, but as a restaurant owner, he could at least make simple dishes that were edible.
It was still better than that idiot Stark, helplessly clutching a steak...
Once everything was ready, Alvin saw Frank about to throw away the two sea snakes with black-and-white rings around their bodies. He grinned and stopped Frank, then swiftly skinned the dead snakes, removed their tendons, and deboned them...
Frank chopped the pale pink snake meat into mince and put it in a coconut shell bowl that lent it a rustic charm. Alvin took out a bag of millet, planning to make snake meat porridge. It was only natural for a druid to carry a little millet...
Frank set a pot on a makeshift stove built from a few slabs of stone, then skillfully lit the fire. After tending it a few times, he handed the job of watching the flames to the youngest—and most curious—Little Harry.
The Punisher was unusually patient at the moment. Alvin even thought he was trying to find the feeling of being a father in Little Harry. After