Honeycomb Beetle Feast
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Story transcript
Laios: Look at the mandible articulation. It's almost identical to a blue-shell crab.
Marcille: Please stop being excited about a dead bug that was trying to kill us thirty seconds ago.
Laios: The shell's not damaged. That's actually really good for the honey.
Marcille: ...Honey.
Laios: It stores it in the abdomen. Like a living jar.
Marcille: I know what a living jar is, Laios.
Senshi: The leg joints are the same as any crustacean. You want to pull with the grain, not against it.
Senshi: See? Clean.
Senshi: Honeycomb beetles collect nectar from the dungeon flora and process it in the flight cavity. The muscle and the honey cure each other while it's alive.
Laios: So the meat is already marinated.
Senshi: Has been for years, probably.
Marcille: ...It doesn't look like a bug when it's laid out like that.
Laios: What does it look like?
Marcille: Don't make me say it.
Senshi: The honey burns fast. Keep your face back.
Marcille: I'm not — I'm just watching the technique.
Senshi: Mm.
Laios: Well?
Marcille: I'm not saying anything.
Laios: You don't have to.