full of cabbage, bits of meat, shimmering dumplings, and piping-hot clear broth, slopping the soup into a blue ceramic bowl. Talis salivated as the man placed the bowl in front of Mara, and glanced at the man with expectant eyes. “Can I start?” she said, dumping so much chili sauce in her soup it turned red. “Torture me…” She slurped the soup and made a face of pure joy. “This tastes so amazing! I wish our cook could make soup as good as this. I’m so sick of the strange food they’ve been giving me.” “Can I have a dumpling?” Why was the cook taking so long for his soup? “Yours is coming soon
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