If your own confidence in your ability was misplaced, I’d reconsider trusting your judgment in other areas.
[Suffice to say: he doesn’t think Ignis possesses an overblown ego on the subject of his cooking skills. Someone in such a seemingly important position—multiple positions—can’t afford the conceit.
Anyway, fine. He’ll tell Ignis what he likes. This exercise in pulling-teeth finally pays off.]
... I enjoy things with bean pastes and rice. Mochi, dumplings. Dango. [Eminently Japanese, although Itachi doesn’t know the distinction coming from a weird ninja fantasy world.] I haven’t yet seen how the desserts of other dimensions might compare to what I’m familiar with.
[Itachi slices the pastry with the tines of the fork, bringing it to his lips with some of the sweet cream—and eats it carefully with a small nod of his head.]
It’s good. [That’s a stamp of approval.] Why was it the first you wanted to make?
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[Suffice to say: he doesn’t think Ignis possesses an overblown ego on the subject of his cooking skills. Someone in such a seemingly important position—multiple positions—can’t afford the conceit.
Anyway, fine. He’ll tell Ignis what he likes. This exercise in pulling-teeth finally pays off.]
... I enjoy things with bean pastes and rice. Mochi, dumplings. Dango. [Eminently Japanese, although Itachi doesn’t know the distinction coming from a weird ninja fantasy world.] I haven’t yet seen how the desserts of other dimensions might compare to what I’m familiar with.
[Itachi slices the pastry with the tines of the fork, bringing it to his lips with some of the sweet cream—and eats it carefully with a small nod of his head.]
It’s good. [That’s a stamp of approval.] Why was it the first you wanted to make?