The fruit was very thick rined and waxy.  Digging into it was a chore and the amount of meat inside the fruit was a bit dry and sparse, but it had an amazing bitter sweetness to it.  At first it reminded Doxi a little of grapefruit when she first tasted it, but then the bitterness faded and left behind a very sweet mellow taste on her tongue.<br/><br/>Note set a plate of fried eggs and some of the cut bread in front of Doxi with a fork and cloth napkin.  "Oh, I guess I like them all?  I never met a fruit I didn't like for some reason or another.  I suppose strawberries are good, especially if you want something very sweet."<br/><br/>She took a bite of her eggs and said, "I think I should tell you about the job we need done.  Last night we tried to channel too much power through our dragonshard lattice and as you saw, it couldn't handle it.  This has been a problem that's been getting worse for almost a year now, and I don't think we will be able to use it any more in it's current state.  That won't work for us.  Our primary means of financial support is the creation of magical items that then get distributed through the markets above us.  Without that, we won't be able to fund special projects, keep our temple enchantments in place, and eventually, we will have to close our doors again."<br/><br/>Her eyes looked glum, "Obviously we can't let that happen."<br/><br/>She took another bite of eggs and said, "There's several replacement crystals that are already cut and attuned the way we need, but they are in Xen'drik, and we weren't able to get permission to go on an expedition there.  House Cannith is blocking us, they are trying to get us to pay them to mount an expedition, so they can charge us a huge mark up.  But since only Sinestra, Myself, and a few others know the locations of the shards we use, we figured it would be easier to skirt the law and just go take what we need."<br/><br/>Note began eating her eggs again, and Doxi had the feeling that there was a lot more to this story then she was saying.