That is horrifying. His eyes widen as he watches each root get dropped onto the table, and it's only Luka's oblivious conversation that keeps him from uh just leaving in disgust. He can't eat food that's been inside another sapient being. That's basically cannibalism!!

But the princess says he's done and Gyre glances down at the last piece of garlic he has. He was halfway through crushing it when Ten caught his attention, and he finishes it now, brushing the scrap into a little pile off to the side. Is he supposed to throw this extra stuff away?

"This is ready too," he says after a hesitant beat. He should wait for more instructions he knows, and yet he can't help leaning a little closer to the roots, eyeing them skeptically.

"Is it safe, keeping them there?"