“It’s a valuable tool that can open a lot of doors for people,” Ruka agreed in her own way on the topic of money. She was still puffing away rather lazily at her smoke. “Not sure I would use it that way, but I suppose it’s funny.” It was, honestly. But she’d tried not to act too amused the first time Saint had told her about his little adventure from several year ago. Not because she thought it was wrong, but more because he didn’t need any more encouragement than he already had.
She watched as Ren flushed about the coffee comment. “You said you’d never had a fancy coffee drink before, right? Or was I hearing things before?” The juice was fresh squeezed in a juicer; that made the process quicker. But Ruka had no way of knowing Ren’s thought patterns, so there was no opportunity to explain this properly.
A single silvery brow rose as Ren looked about—as if trying to spy for... well, spies, Ruka assumed. Eavesdroppers. And then when she asked the question Ruka understood. She didn’t want anyone to know she might not ‘belong’.
“Not always,” she admitted. “Sometimes it’s a status thing—like pizza made with gold paper on top. Because some people want to say they ate it—that they spent five grand on it.” She frowned at the very idea, nearly snorting. “But food is usually a matter of taste and palate; to put it mildly—what makes a happy dance on your tongue. Sometimes very expensive food does that, other times...? It’s just overpriced.” She shrugged. “More expensive food is supposed to be more expensive because it costs more to make—the ingredients make it taste better, they’re harder to get because a lot of people want them—supply and demand, or, it’s better for you, or a combination of all three. Sometimes the dish is just hard to make period.
“For instance, frozen berries are not going to taste as good—as sweet—as fresh berries. Or... processed cheese—like the kind of cheese you get on a fast food burger for a buck—won’t taste near as flavorful as cheddar right from a farm where it’s made by hand with no fillers or unpronounceable ingredients.” She paused and took a hit off her cigarette, taking a moment to perform a French inhale as she considered. “You ever looked at the back of a carton of ice cream?”
She watched as Ren flushed about the coffee comment. “You said you’d never had a fancy coffee drink before, right? Or was I hearing things before?” The juice was fresh squeezed in a juicer; that made the process quicker. But Ruka had no way of knowing Ren’s thought patterns, so there was no opportunity to explain this properly.
A single silvery brow rose as Ren looked about—as if trying to spy for... well, spies, Ruka assumed. Eavesdroppers. And then when she asked the question Ruka understood. She didn’t want anyone to know she might not ‘belong’.
“Not always,” she admitted. “Sometimes it’s a status thing—like pizza made with gold paper on top. Because some people want to say they ate it—that they spent five grand on it.” She frowned at the very idea, nearly snorting. “But food is usually a matter of taste and palate; to put it mildly—what makes a happy dance on your tongue. Sometimes very expensive food does that, other times...? It’s just overpriced.” She shrugged. “More expensive food is supposed to be more expensive because it costs more to make—the ingredients make it taste better, they’re harder to get because a lot of people want them—supply and demand, or, it’s better for you, or a combination of all three. Sometimes the dish is just hard to make period.
“For instance, frozen berries are not going to taste as good—as sweet—as fresh berries. Or... processed cheese—like the kind of cheese you get on a fast food burger for a buck—won’t taste near as flavorful as cheddar right from a farm where it’s made by hand with no fillers or unpronounceable ingredients.” She paused and took a hit off her cigarette, taking a moment to perform a French inhale as she considered. “You ever looked at the back of a carton of ice cream?”
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