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"A charming little fairy tale, wherein a girl goes to visit her grandmother with a little basket of baked goods, only to find that the grandmother has been eaten by a wolf who is now impersonating Grandma. The little girl becomes suspicious and starts asking the wolf pointed questions about the size of its ears and teeth and so on, to which it responds formulaically, and when she reaches 'teeth' it says 'The better to eat you with!' and springs at her from Grandma's bed."

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"And I'm pretty sure Bar will not serve little girl. ...Bar?"

Not to humans, no.

"I'm not sure I'm thrilled with that answer."

My food does not have its origins in living organisms. It would be the equivalent of 'vat girl'.

"...Better."
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"Why, what did she say?"

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"Apparently at least some non-human patrons can receive the equivalent of vat meat which is as much human as the contents of my soup were beef."

Admittedly not all visitors interested in consuming human products want the meat.

"Or vat whatever. Such as..."

Blood, for instance.

"Blood."
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"Why not serve it to humans too, then?"

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I would not tend to recommend it to a human and will never serve it if it isn't ordered, but since I can in fact guarantee that it's free of prions, if you particularly want some it can be arranged.

"If you want fillet of Red Riding Hood she can provide," says Linya, "she just wouldn't sneak it in if some human said 'surprise me'."
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Mark snickers.

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"Not sure whether my relief that she doesn't sneak human products into humans' food outweighs my discomfort with her conjuring it up on demand..."

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"Maybe there are some people who actually depend on it. Are there some people who actually depend on it? Or should I just drop the subject before you get any more uncomfortable?"

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"Well, now you've got me curious."

Vampires are likeliest to request blood, and many variants on the theme can subsist on nothing else.

"Vampires, apparently."
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"Oh, that's - that makes perfect sense by the standards of her. But I think I'm done hearing about it now."

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"Good timing," says Mark.

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The lake door opens. In walk Miles and Stalas.

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"Welcome back."

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"Hello."

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Mark observes Miles's expression, and says, "Your clever plan to surprise me has been foiled by Stalas cackling at the top of his lungs the whole way here."

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"In other news, the bar will enable any cannibalism habits you may have picked up unbeknownst to me."

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"How... nice," says Miles. "Why is this a thing that we know?"

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"A Little Red Riding Hood reference was made. It went from there."

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"Who made the reference in question?" he asks, looking at Mark.

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"Me. But she's the one who started asking Bar about it."

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"Little Red Riding Hood...?" wonders Stalas.

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"It's a fairy tale. It doesn't technically involve cannibalism, just an anthropomorphized wolf eating some people."

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"Well, that's sodding lovely," says Stalas.

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"Fairy tales are often gruesome."

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