At 21.34 27.4.1997 -0500, you wrote:

Oh, I can't take it anymore. Here's mine!



Ranma stared. Then he sniffed.

Hm. No noxious fumes, no strange colors. It almost looked...delectable.

Hesitantly, he placed it in his mouth and slowly chewed.

Flaky. A slight tang, but not enough to send him diving for water. In fact,
it was...

He looked at Akane, kneeling before him, her own chopsticks leaving her
mouth. He swallowed, and in a hushed voice said "This...This is good!"

Akane beamed, swallowing her own morsel. "I'm so glad! You know, when the
guy sold this to me, he said that it was mermaid's flesh...but who believes
in those dumb stories anyway?"

Well, IMHO that isn't actually bad unless they are transformed to Lost Souls...
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