"It all depends! Good food puts me in a good mood, and then I can eat it!" Lirath Windrunner said.
"So you're in a very good mood today?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked with a smile.
"Brother-in-law, your fried loaches are delicious!" Lirath Windrunner said. "When you've finished making them, I want to take some back for my third sister to try."
"You little rascal, already thinking about taking some home!" Jia De Diwa and the other old men said. They had been standing at the kitchen doorway for a while. "You may be in a good mood today, but we old fellows in the sitting room certainly aren't!"
Lirath Windrunner and Yu Lin Bloodhawk both turned toward the kitchen doorway.
"Didn't you just take them a plate?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked Lirath Windrunner.
"No! When did you tell me to take them any?" Lirath Windrunner asked, looking up.
"Didn't I just give you a plate and tell you to take it outside?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked in puzzlement.
"I did take it outside!" Lirath Windrunner said. "I finished eating it outside the kitchen door, then brought the plate back."
"..." Yu Lin Bloodhawk wanted to scold Lirath Windrunner, but after thinking it over, he let it go.
"That explains it!" Gaddediwa and the other old men said with a laugh. "We were practically starving in the sitting room, but no food ever arrived. All we could do was drink fruit juice. So you were the little rascal who ate our share!"
When Jia De Diwa and the old men accused him, Lirath Windrunner knew he had indeed eaten the portion meant for Gaddediwa as well. Knowing he was in the wrong, he lowered his head and silently tended the fire, pretending not to hear.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk could not help