[ That bookmark will be quite the lovely surprise when Zhongli starts prepping the soup. Truly, what was the person thinking, hiding such a request in a cookbook of all places? Well, unless they were hoping the kitchen staff would take matters into their own hands. Perhaps otters, even magic ones, can be poisoned with common household ingredients like chocolate.

Zhongli makes a slightly dismissive hand motion even as Matusi starts speaking. Oh no. Oh no no. This ship is only run on fair exchanges, good sir.

With his own polite smile: ]

I'm afraid I must insist. Besides, it is of utmost important that I try the recipe here with familiar ingredients to best replicate it upon our return. You would in fact be doing me a service to partake in it.