Old News

"She seemed to have lived everywhere," Ligo said. "But if I could live that long, I'd be traveling all over the world too."

"You could travel all over the world right now," Hesta said. "But you've stayed in District 12 these past few years."

"Who says? Didn't I take a trip to District 1 last year?"

Hesta raised her eyebrows and said nothing more.

Ligo turned to Eucali. "What are you looking up?"

"...I'm looking into that Evangelical Society." Eucali was still looking at her phone. "The one Ms. Valeria mentioned before."

"Did you find anything?" Hesta asked.

"They really are a religious group, but they're also a volunteer service organization. Their official website says they've spent the last ten years working to address child hunger around the world."

Eucali pushed her phone toward Hesta, and Hesta and Ligo leaned over to look.

"...I'd believe you if you said they trafficked children," Ligo said. "But now you're telling me people like them would want to solve child hunger?"

Eucali laughed.

At that moment, the server brought over five menus and warmly greeted them. Hesta specifically picked up the drinks menu to look it over—sure enough, it was full of juices and local non-alcoholic specialties.

Kiki flipped through her menu carefully, only to find that it was entirely text. Beneath every dish name was a lengthy description of its ingredients, and there was not a single picture anywhere in the menu. She frowned as she read for a while, then suddenly pointed at a word and looked at Eucali. "Is this cheese?"

"Yes."

"I want this!" Eleven was quietly competing with everyone for the honor of being "the first to order." She raised her hand high. "This one! Order this for me!"

Hesta glanced at it. It was called "raw meat