The Pulse of Kato Whip: 16
Excerpt:
Kato watched her make the crust. It was a miracle to behold, how quickly her fingers flew over the skin, rubbing into it various herbs and ointments, causing it to swell and stiffen and thicken, until finally there were twenty pie pans all laden with the wondrous crust.
Meanwhile, following Lady Dusk’s instructions, Kato had been preparing the asparagus filling. The ingredients were myriad, the quantities infinitesimal, except for flour, of which he added a whole teaspoonful. Now, having finished, he poured the filling into each of the twenty pie pans. There was half a cup left over, which Kato was wont to taste. But Lady Dusk absolutely forbade it. “That goes to the natural inhabitants of the kitchen.”
She smeared the half cup around the edges of the counter, here and there on the floor, and even high up on the ceiling. Soon ants and flies and other small creatures were feasting on it.
“A good sign,” she said. “A good sign. ”
The adventure continues…
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