Kanimir is, as he often is, sitting in his library enjoying a book on magic and pondering theoretical innovation. He has an idea; he writes it down. It probably won't pan out, most of them don't, but it might.
"Specific words and names, plus numbers. That one's my country, that one's 'seventeen'."
"Trying to recall vague recollections of the nature of early writing systems."
"I like our writing system although I'm sure there are objectively better ones."
Giggle. "Uh, I'm starting to get a little hungry, you have nonblood food around, right?"
"This is the refrigerator. It keeps food cold. This is the microwave. It warms up food. I think the other appliances are mostly for more complicated cooking, I'm not sure, I don't eat solid food."
"...right. Is there someone I should ask, or..." She peers into the fridge.
The fridge has miscellaneous packaged food objects in it.
"The donors are all asleep, I think--there's fruit, that hasn't changed to the point of unrecognizability since I was human, and doesn't require preparation."
She locates a fruit. It's an apple. "...I don't recognize it, uh, which parts does one eat?"
"If I missed solid foods terribly I could probably determine a magical solution."