Heath hadn't noticed what his three Pokémon were doing. He was frowning at the man before him. The man was ordinary, not particularly handsome, but pleasant to look at. The weariness on his face suggested someone who had just finished work or just woken up.
None of that drew Heath's attention, though. The only thing that concerned him was the man's head. Like everyone else, he had two text boxes above his head. Heath knew what they were: little things that let him distinguish his customers' taste preferences.
But now, above this man's head, both his preferred and disliked flavors were completely absent, like two blank whiteboards. That wasn't normal.
Generally speaking, even the least picky eaters had certain preferences. Some people liked sour and spicy food, while others felt as though they were dying after eating even a little chili. Everyone's tastes differed, which was why it was hard to please everyone. A qualified chef needed to address those problems.
But however picky a customer was, surely they ought to have some flavor they liked or disliked? Yet the man before him truly had none at all. Everything above his head was blank, and Heath knew that meant there were none.
He had neither preferred nor disliked flavors. Because there weren't any, nothing could be displayed on the whiteboards. They could only appear blank, showing Heath just how difficult this man would be to deal with.
Only then did Heath understand why a temporary quest had triggered just now. Since obtaining Chef's Eye, he had never encountered a customer with absolutely no preferred or disliked flavors. This was the first, so Heath felt he needed to figure out why this man was like this. Otherwise, he might not be able to complete the temporary quest.
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