Nodding away some more to Kalkat's response, Taizee quite casually answers, "Mhm, my stomach is all riled up, growling and melty now, so you'd become food pretty quickly if you slipped back inside!" Kneading her hands over her busily working middle as she shifted a bit from side to side, giving the rounded tum a nice sideways wobble and jostle, as well as a series of loud sloshes, the mermaid didn't even notice her fishing partner's hand reach out towards her gut, only to stop, hover and then pull back.<br/><br/>Following the hobgoblin close in the preparation of the fish, as cooking really wasn't a thing in her culture (trying to boil something over a hydrothermal vent wasn't just a hot experience, but also a rather poisonous one too), Tai did her best to help, though her inexperience would be showing.<br/><br/>However, seeing the pieces of meat that looked quite alright to her be thrown over board made the mermaid startle, shift and almost jump overboard after them, before she settled in to just glare a little at the chef as she begrudgingly calmed down and shut up.<br/><br/>Once dinner came around though, the chef rapidly made up for wasting good food with their cooking, with the already pleasantly full mermaid restraining herself a little to more sample various flavors than to really fill up, just to make sure there were enough to go around. Taking her time to properly and thoroughly chew through all of the grub placed in front of her, seated by the hobgoblin's side, Taizee smiled broadly and agreed, "I can taste that! It's good, different and a little weird! T-tingly too!", even as her nose grew a bit stuffy and her eyes a little teary in response to the unfamiliar heat and sourness brought to her taste buds by peppers, chili, lime and more.