[Alice is already gathering how this works -- older children serve the younger ones, some of them needing to be directly fed. The oldest serve themselves from the hotpot. By her curious look the answer is sort of clear before she even says it.]
No, never. I've always had my plates prepared for me. Or lunch lines in the mess hall but even those are dished out for you.
[Upper officers eat together. Lower officers are given rationed tins and left to their own devices to fix it. Even out in the field her status as a noble means she gets the better rations, more cooked foods as opposed to warming things over fires and the like.
That said by the way her tail swishes and twitches she's alert and enjoying herself mightily.]
It is exciting, isn't it. I've always enjoyed learning about other cultures. My grandfather was an avid storyteller about his days in the war and everywhere he had been.
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No, never. I've always had my plates prepared for me. Or lunch lines in the mess hall but even those are dished out for you.
[Upper officers eat together. Lower officers are given rationed tins and left to their own devices to fix it. Even out in the field her status as a noble means she gets the better rations, more cooked foods as opposed to warming things over fires and the like.
That said by the way her tail swishes and twitches she's alert and enjoying herself mightily.]
It is exciting, isn't it. I've always enjoyed learning about other cultures. My grandfather was an avid storyteller about his days in the war and everywhere he had been.