Minerva wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, her expression was somewhere between embarrassed realization and reluctant acceptance of human logic.
"You're right," she murmured, nodding slowly. "Humans cook food before eating it for this reason. There are a lot of bacteria on food, especially monster meat, that if consumed by the human body can poison it. But we dragons have no such issues for—"
"If you want one, take it," Lucius cut in, his expression still scrunched as though he were smelling something foul. "Just don't come back for more."
"Sorry…" Minerva puffed her cheeks, clearly offended at being scolded but too hungry and too new to human customs to truly protest.
She folded her arms with a huff, her tail flicking irritably behind her even though she was in human form.
Lucius ignored her and focused his attention on the four cleaned crab monsters.
