"Not at all? But how do you get sustenance?" Ellarinne can't help but be curious, but she won't press the issue if Erik doesn't want to tell her.

"If you can still smell, see, or hear, you can cook," she tells him gently. "Actually tasting the ingredients isn't really recommended, if you're cooking for other people. You might actually get someone sick. But listen to me go on when I haven't even introduced myself." She smiles and squeezes his hand. "I'm Ellarinne, adventurer and hobbyist chef."