Heath's mouth twitched. This premise was practically a giant patchwork monster, and for a moment, he had no idea what to say. Still, he now understood why the area had been blocked off. After all, a hugely popular movie was being filmed there.
"Jing, do you know where I can buy this edible quartz?" Heath asked Officer Jenny Jing curiously. He only had a small piece of edible quartz. Although he planned to try making food with it, there was so little that he hardly dared to experiment.
"Edible quartz? You can buy that stuff at the supermarket. It's a local specialty of our Indigo League, but nobody knows how to cook it these days, so everyone just treats it as an ordinary quartz decoration." Officer Jenny Jing paused, then casually pointed.
Heath stared blankly at Officer Jenny Jing. What? You could actually buy this stuff at the supermarket?
"Is-isn't this stuff supposed to be really valuable?" Heath felt completely thrown. Wasn't it supposed to be a precious specialty ingredient? How had it suddenly become something you could buy at a supermarket?
"It isn't valuable. Edible quartz is a mineral found alongside quartz, so people dig it up all the time. We usually just leave it sitting around, though some chefs buy it to try cooking with it." Officer Jenny Jing waved a hand casually. Heath's mouth twitched. He finally understood: that old woman, Old Officer Jenny, had conned him.
Was edible quartz valuable? No. What was valuable was the method for preparing it. After all, there was currently no method for preparing edible quartz; it had essentially been lost. So edible quartz really wasn't worth much at present, but if its preparation method resurfaced, Heath felt it would become expensive.
"Ah, I got conned." Heath headed to the Officer