01:09Even if you soak them in milk or vegetable soup, the best you could hope for is soggy newspaper.
01:16Well, there are times when one has no other choice.
01:22I've tried to extract nutrients from this food before.
01:26Ah, well, eat might not be the best word to use.
01:31I have a somewhat more efficient method.
01:34Here, I'll show you.
01:41I suppose you could call it cooking with fire.
01:47There have been a few more desperate moments when I've been trapped alongside other poor souls.
01:54You should know, if I were to use the method I've just shown you in front of my colleagues, it
02:00might leave them feeling uneasy.
02:01And so I have at such times been forced to attempt to swallow this food, as they would.
02:09Though, try as I might, I really was unable to swallow it.
02:15In the end, I broke it down into smaller pieces, some of which I stuffed into my mouth and some
02:21of which I dropped into my lantern when no one was looking.
02:25Unfortunately, my colleagues noticed how slowly I was eating and mistook my reluctance for concern, believing I was eating less
02:34to allow them more.
02:36After that, they patted me on the back and enthusiastically filled my arms with more cured meat and biscuits.
02:44Indeed.
02:45I was grateful for their noble act of kindness, and can clearly remember the taste of cured meat and biscuits
02:52to this day.
03:04Another three reports finished.
03:07Time for a breath of fresh air.
03:09Did they make you write reports in the Adventurer's Guild too?
03:13Hmph, how very fortunate.
03:16Remember to count your blessings.
03:18I have never been able to get used to the endless cycle of report after report.
03:24I dare say we had no such custom in the nod-cry of old.
03:29Of course, I understand why they are important, but...
03:33This process of repeatedly describing in laborious detail things that could easily be summarized in a single sentence...
03:42The mere thought of the outstanding reports I have yet to finish is simply...
03:49No, I mustn't.
03:52These things are necessary.
03:55I should focus on that.
03:57A dutiful Ratnik must write his reports.
04:00A little longer here, and...
04:02Then I'll get back to it.
04:05I'll get back to it.
04:06Bye bye bye!
04:06Bye bye bye!
04:07Bye bye!
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