"Nurse Joy, would you like something to eat?" Heath asked the Nurse Joy before him. Judging by her age, he probably ought to have called her Auntie Joy or even Grandma Joy. After all, people in the Distortion World grew younger as they lived, not older, so this Nurse Joy who looked about thirty might once have been an old woman with graying hair.
"Hmm, make me some tomato and egg rice." Nurse Joy stared fixedly at Heath. He had just said that he had body heat because he had been cooking. Since he had to keep standing in front of the stove, having a little body heat did seem perfectly normal. But Nurse Joy still felt that something was wrong, and she was studying Heath closely now, trying to find that little inconsistency.
Heath nodded. He did not particularly mind. Even if Nurse Joy learned that he was alive, there was nothing she could do to him. Besides, there was no claim in the Distortion World that eating a living person could bring someone back to life. Heath felt very confident about his safety.
Rice with Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry was a dish Heath could only describe as simple. There really was not much technical difficulty involved; the method was simple, and it was very easy to make, nothing that could be called challenging. Still, it did require a tiny bit of skill. Heath had once seen someone make Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry, and when they finished, he suspected it was black dirt stir-fried with red dirt. He truly could not understand how that person had managed to turn tomatoes and eggs into that. All he could say was that people differed, and some really might not be suited to cooking.
In Heath's hands, though, it was simple enough,