[His own flavor... Azhar chooses not to ask the obvious question, gaze shifting faintly in the attempt to work it out himself.]
Salty and bitter... people combine the two?
[It's almost rhetorical, because now he's trying to reconcile a drink that uses some kind of pickling liquid and also something bitter. Insert math lady meme here, honestly.
As Ives makes the order in turn, the rahuth's attention turns back to the order. Also to the unfamiliar food name, which he files away to hopefully remember later.]
Is this a common way to drink tea?
[again, there's no judgment to it. Azhar's questions tend to be as earnest as he is honest.]
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Salty and bitter... people combine the two?
[It's almost rhetorical, because now he's trying to reconcile a drink that uses some kind of pickling liquid and also something bitter. Insert math lady meme here, honestly.
As Ives makes the order in turn, the rahuth's attention turns back to the order. Also to the unfamiliar food name, which he files away to hopefully remember later.]
Is this a common way to drink tea?
[again, there's no judgment to it. Azhar's questions tend to be as earnest as he is honest.]