Adyr first focused on Marielle's meal, preparing it with deliberate care to ease the lingering shadows etched into her mind—remnants of the Cannibal had once been buried deep within her psyche. He followed the same treatment as before, shaping the dish with painstaking precision. The plating was intentional; he used subtle food dyes to craft a faint, spectral portrait on the surface, resembling the face of the one she had loved most. A quiet gesture aimed at anchoring her fractured sense of self.
This was not just food; it was a complex message, an offering meant to unlock emotions and memories buried in her soul.
The flavor had to support the image perfectly. Drawing on one of the masks he had worn in his past life, a deep understanding of medicine, he carefully selected ingredients known for their calming and healing properties—valerian root and lavender among them.
