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"Do you ever eat them?"

Dunban's head snapped up more sharply than he'd planned it to, but he successfully disguised his automatic wince. "I thought Machina ran on water, and ether."

"So they do. That's why I'm asking you if you've ever eaten one."

"N-no. Why on Bionis would I do that?"

"Maybe you wouldn't, on Bionis. But on Mechonis, you might find a Dew Beetle, for instance." Minoth produced one from some unseen buckler-like hip pocket. "Just like a grape - or a raisin, depending."

Dunban wrinkled his nose. "But I don't like grapes."

"See? Think what you've been missing."