[EP] aliens control the coffee supply

[st_artliving]

Xavin, for the most part, hadn't actually bothered keeping regular hours at her little coffee nook. She spent some time there most days, how long depending on how many people wanted coffee or how interested she was in whatever books she'd selected for the day.

Today was probably going to be a longer day, if only because she'd had to restock a little from the kitchens. She'd found a little cart to haul things and was currently engaged in putting her supplies away. Milks and whipped cream into the little refrigerator, beans stashed in their cupboard, disposable cups stacked and non-disposable cups cleaned and put away. (Some people liked those, particularly if they didn't intend to leave the library. But it meant that her kitchen time included doing dishes, which was often more fun than drudgery. Especially when she accidentally overdid the soap.)

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Re: Scanlan/Xavin

[st_illsinging]

He made a bit of a face. "Water. You know, it's still hard for me to get around the water around here is actually safe to drink. Back home, unless someone knew prestidigitation, drinking the water was a guaranteed way of being on the toilet for hours."

Re: Scanlan/Xavin

[st_artliving]

“Did boiling not work?” Those would be hardy parasites if so! “I was trained to boil uncertain water.”

Re: Scanlan/Xavin

[st_illsinging]

He blinked. "We boiled water to bathe in so it wasn't cold as hell. Why would you boil water otherwise?"

Science - lacking in Exandria.

Re: Scanlan/Xavin

[st_artliving]

"When water makes you sick, it is most likely due to parasites within the water wreaking havoc when ingested. Boil the water to kill the parasites, and the water is safe to drink." Xavin tilted her head. "Did you not have tea on Exandria either?"

Re: Scanlan/Xavin

[st_illsinging]

"I'm going to follow up one question with another - what's a parasite?" Scanlan was having that distinct feeling that this was an Earth-knows-stuff-more moment.

"We had tea, but tea's different. It has leaves and stuff in it."

Re: Scanlan/Xavin

[st_artliving]

"The leaves do nothing but flavor the water. The boiling is what makes it safe." Xavin paused, trying to cast her thoughts in a simpler way. Simple enough to be understood. "Parasites are tiny things that batten on to other things to live. A flea is a parasite, it lives on creatures and drinks their blood. Water parasites live in your digestion. Unless they are dead by boiling when you drink them, or unless they have been filtered out. Which this Inn does, I think."

Re: Scanlan/Xavin

[st_illsinging]

Scanlan made a face. "I knew there was a reason I didn't like team"

He understood. Sort of, anyways. "I still think I'll stick to ale and wine back home - there's really no better cure to a hangover than just staying a little drunk."

He spoke from experience there.