James moved to his massive cutting board and grabbed a chef's knife from the wall. He concentrated for a moment, making the steel harder and the edge sharp enough to cut hair cleanly. One of his faerie talents was bringing out and enhancing the nature of things around him. He supposed it could be used on people, too, but experiments in that regard had been unpredictable. The knife was born to cut, however, and appreciated his encouragement in that regard.<br/><br/>He began to cut normal and yellow carrots on an angle, and later some broccoli and cauliflower for the various vegetable sides that they would be serving with the entrees, and then moved on to scrubbing potatoes to bake for dinner courses. Each of the items he worked on, he enhanced slightly, but not enough to overwhelm the guests or the magic Alyth added to create the emotional responses she desired.<br/><br/>After a fair time prepping, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and went out to the bar to get something to drink.