Context mattered, but it also demonstrated just how natural that curiosity was for Isamu. He was often rather stoic when he spoke, but when it came to figuring things out, the excitement was there. He probably wasn’t even aware of it most of the time.

“In our culture, it is customary for men to give gifts of chocolate to women on Valentines Day. Minoru certainly made an attempt. Which, while even I thought we might have found something possibly edible due to the types of sugars it lacked, it was most likely never consumed.” He nodded. “Received gracefully, of course. But better safe than sorry.”

Unintentionally poisoning your new girlfriend is not the best way to spend Valentines Day. And it probably went the other way as well.