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[The weather was getting colder, this fact had not been lost on Xzana. It worries her in fact slightly. The time for hibernation would be here sooner than she'd like and the animal population of the forest was no where near good enough to support a dragon who's preparing for it.

So she slinks into town. Deciding to give the free food thing another try. No raw meat is safe from her great hunger. She tries the market first and it doesn't take her long to find the meat section. Only the "skin" on the meat is nothing like she have ever come across before. BLECH! The plastic gets stuck between her teeth and in her throat.

After a bit of coughing and hacking she spits it up.] THIS MEAT HAS BEEN TAINTED!

[Finding very little else that interests her or she recognizes as being edible (even the bread was covered in taint!) she'll give Seventh Heaven another try. She managed to find food there last time.

Only she still feels the need to fill her stomach. So the bakery is next on her list, while that bread isn't "tainted" a dragon needs more than bread alone. She'll just follow her nose. Trying to find food that isn't guarded by humans and hopefully isn't cooked she can be spotted all around the village.]

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... No, what I meant was--

[A pause, and then he just shakes his head] It's a king, definitely a king!

[Note to self: don't bother flirting with this one]

[Nope, it will be totally loss on her. She gives it one more test poke with a claw before sinking her teeth into it. Ripping into the creature a bit messily.]

[... Maybe he should get her a napkin or something... yeah, he'll just go do that while she rips that hunk of meat to shreds]

[Unless it's a meat napkin, Sanji is wasting his time. Xzana has never had any use for napkins before. It's okay because she'll lick clean any scrap of meat she might have missed anyway!]

[Well fine then, don't take his napkin! ;; He'll just tuck it in his pocket and look elsewhere while Xzana cleans herself up. Srsly, lady, he loves you already on principle but your table manners baffle him.]

Did it meet your tastes?

It was very strange texture! The taste was good! [She'd use a better word than good... if she knew of one. Hopefully the smile on her face helps give that away.]

[Clasping his hands together] Aaah~! The young Miss is so cute when she smiles~! [Didn't he just say he was not going to do the flirting thing? OH WELL. It's a compliment! Very different matter]

I am unable to lay eggs yet and although I am a half breed, I have no interest in humans.

[... Sanji is only 85% sure he just got shot down. The other 15% is too busy gaping to contribute.]

You're not human? [Level of surprise: Hovering around zero.]

Do I really look that human to the people here? I understand a half breed can be hard to pick both breeds, but human?

[He tilts his head] Where I come from, the humans can look pretty... diverse. I wouldn't have been surprised if you were only human.

[Y'know, before all the social cues pointing towards another answer]

The humans in your world have claws and scales? [That seems... stupid.] Sounds to me that you have more half breeds than humans.

No, they're Devil Fruit users. [And assuming she won't know what that is--] Eat a special type of fruit and you gain specific abilities.

Some of the shitty things let you turn into a completely different creature.

Fruit? You say I should believe fruit gives away magic?

But of course~! Is it really that strange? After all, you're stuck in another world!

It has been thought that the unicorns have escaped into another world. [She licks at her claws. There's a bit of yummy taste still on them.] Magical fruit I have not heard of before. Magic for humans has always been a gift from those of long ago.

[Huh, interesting mythology. Sanji makes an intrigued noise]

"Those"? Like gods?

Gods, yes, but others gave of their spirit so that humans may also enjoy the gift of feeling the elements coarse through their very being. Dragons, nymphs, unicorns, and even demons. That is why some are born with and without magic.

[But talking is dull. She goes back to that fridge thing. How did he open this again? Ah! Like that! While she can't compete against the likes of Luffy her stomach is still much larger than most people. She wonders what other kinds of fun delectably this guy has in here.]

[He mulls over her answer with the same intrigue of his youth, that prompted him to seek out fantastical tales of knights and magic. It's part of the reason why he's comfortable with letting the woman take what she wants, so long as it's not a dish made specifically for someone else - this conversation interests him.

Er, that, and she's a lady.

He watches her until one of the waiters darts in with an order, breaking Sanji from his thoughts; they exchange a few words before the other leaves and he's left staring down at a jotted note in his hand.] Onion soup again? [He glances up]

Oi, Miss, what did you say your name was?

[She takes her fill. Going after mostly what seems to look like fish to her. The more prepared the food looks the less likely she is to take it.

She licks at her lips, enjoying and happy with the feeling of having a pleasantly filled stomach. It's something she had been trying to avoid doing when she realized how limited the forest life was for her prey.]

Xzana.

[Hm, a snooze in the sun with a full stomach sounds wonderful right about now. She starts to make her way back towards the door.

What? Where you expecting thanks?]

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