Carpe Noctem

Sam's nose immediately wrinkled and he pulled back the bean upon tasting it (still though, thinking that licking it had been a logical thing to do, even if no one else did). He could sense Jigano's distaste for the action and felt a drop of shame, but it was the easiest way to test if something would react to fluid without cutting himself or stuffing it up his nose. Quickly, he rubbed it dry on his sleeve and held it out towards Jigano. "I just...sometimes, technology like this...well, it's made with Ascended in mind, usually, and our fluid is something only we could use to activate something. So I thought..." It didn't sound like a very good justification when he said it out loud. "...It did not taste nice." "Do you...want to try put it in your ear? It's dry now." He promised. Samuel He took a step but then felt tired He said, I'll rest a little while But when he tried to walk again He wasn't a child