[Surprisingly, Kotori WAS able to find everything she needed for the recipe. Apparently reviving The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter has helped breathe a bit of Japanese culture back into the Index, including stocking ingredients that should be rare in a western Victorian city like this. Soy sauce, mirin, konbu, even konjac-based ingredients like shirataki noodles. So she's actually perfectly stocked and has everything laid out when the Disciple knocks on her door.
... Although it's also a mixed blessing because now she has no excuse to NOT use a knife.
But she tries to keep THAT knot of anxiety to herself as she opens the door.]
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... Although it's also a mixed blessing because now she has no excuse to NOT use a knife.
But she tries to keep THAT knot of anxiety to herself as she opens the door.]
Ah! Hello, Disciple-san! Come on in!