'I do sometimes emulate physical matter in that region.  While we sat to watch the play, for example.'

"Can you taste?"

'How would one evaluate that.'

"Do you experience a non-tactile sensation when you consume food and beverages which would, say, differ between flavors of jelly or something else texturally identical?"

'I have not tried anything of that sort recently enough to recall.'

"You probably don't have it by default and I don't know if food would count as art anyway. For non-sculptural reasons, that is, presumably chocolate is a valid sculptural medium."

'Drinking as a concept is moderately aesthetic.  I am not sure the array in my face is sufficient to handle thicker substances than liquids, however.  I have not put enough effort into it as of this time to be able to play woodwind or brass instruments.'

"That would seem to be a major blocker even if you are theoretically capable of tastebuds et al, yeah."

They nod.

"But what happens when you stop having a torso again."

'Physical matter can pass unobstructed through the space visually occupied by that region.'

"Right, but - 'a skeleton walks into a bar and says, 'gimme a beer and a mop' - '"

"If liquids are leaving your torso it's customary to allow them to do that in the bathroom, into the toilet."

'No liquids enter my torso except incidentally, the way any other physical matter might,' they try.

"Does the glass still have all the drink in it?"

'No.'

"Where did the drink you drank go?"

'I converted it to a small amount of magical energy.'

"Oh, huh. So you can actually eat, after a fashion."

"Is there anything you might be able to convert to a large amount of magical energy?"

'The process costs approximately as much energy as it creates.  It is only definitively net positive because the concept of drinking is moderately aesthetic.'

"What about - uh, the kind of oil that does the rainbows; that's both very pretty and probably real calorically dense - "

'I have not tried it.'

Cam offers them a shot glass.