Hello, everyone. I made it back. 😉 Thank you, once more, for your understanding and kindness. I hope I didn’t worry anyone too much. Getting back to regular work hours will help, though. >_>
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George: I-I dunno about this, Sel...
Selkie: Georgie, relax. It's easy. ANDs, it'll makes a good impression. Hints hints.
George: Uuuh, hi Te Fahn.
Te Fahn: Hi, George. D-Do you wanna sits with me?
George: Yeah. Uh... do you remember earlier, the... snails...
Te Fahn: Oh, yeahs! Dids you want to try it?
George: Uuuuuuh... yeah...
Te Fahn: O-Okay! Heres. I-I hopes you like it.
[Location text] The Nurse's office. Five minutes later.
George (VO): *drippy vomit noises.*
Selkie: Georgie, relax. It's easy. ANDs, it'll makes a good impression. Hints hints.
George: Uuuh, hi Te Fahn.
Te Fahn: Hi, George. D-Do you wanna sits with me?
George: Yeah. Uh... do you remember earlier, the... snails...
Te Fahn: Oh, yeahs! Dids you want to try it?
George: Uuuuuuh... yeah...
Te Fahn: O-Okay! Heres. I-I hopes you like it.
[Location text] The Nurse's office. Five minutes later.
George (VO): *drippy vomit noises.*
Panel 5 is inspired by the time my Dad convinced my brother and I to try oysters. The fallout happened right at the table of the very nice restaurant, in full view of all diners. I can't eat them to this day.
Oh no
Getting all the way to the nurse and still vomiting… methinks our George has discovered an allergy.
Kids’ physiology is so tied to their imagination, it’s really amazing. The juncture between psych and anatomy is a wild ride.
Was thinking this. Do snails count as shellfish? Or maybe poor George just can’t have snails specifically.
Ok, this was supposed to have been a reply to Exxos. I dunno what happened to the internet. -_-
for what its worth; Those who are allergic to shellfish are sometimes, but not always, also allergic to mollusks, which would, for the purposes of this conversation, include snails… but the two allergies can present one without the other, e.g. my grandmother was told no shellfish period after she had an allergic reaction severe enough to threaten her life in her late seventies. She lived to the age of ninety eating clams and scallops near-weekly.
Some people are sensitive to food texture. My borther can’t eat anything he considers slimy, like peaches.
I’m reminded of a quote from Wayne’s World:
“If you blow chunks and she comes back, she’s yours. If you spew and she bolts, it was never meant to be.”
George is in training to be an anime protagonist! He’s just received the lesson in how to survive the love interest’s anti-cooking skills. 🙂
I wonder if Selkie is flashing back to the grape? Grandma told her it would be good, and it went down, and then it came right back up.
Clearly he isn’t used to trying new or exotic foods.
At a government-paid orphanage? Probably not much variety they can afford
Hopefully this isn’t a shellfish allergy. Those can be exceptionally nasty and dangerous.
Instead of snails, he should have had escargot. (That’s what a politician would say.)
I like oysters! Well, I like COOKED oysters. Were these ones raw? That… would probably change my opinion.
It might be that Georgie got RAW snails and his stomach can only handle COOKED snails.
And yes that is a thing, cooking denatures some proteins that might be causing the allergic reaction. Example egg whites are different after cooking.
Woof.
I hope this isn’t something as simple as these snails not being fit for ANY human’s consumption and it was just…missed somehow. But I also don’t want Georgie to allergic to them or something.
That was my first thought. It doesn’t seem like the Sarnothi digestive system is widly different from ours, but it’s certainly possible that there are snails inedible to use that aren’t to them, and I wouldn’t put it past kids to overlook that possibiity.
Well, these things happen.
Oh please. Properly done snails is as good as shrimp scampi.
Oof thats a good point. Now she’s been on both sides of that unfortunate scenario
Here’s an interesting question: Which one of them is going to try and take the blame/fault for George’s condition when the nurse comes out to find out exactly what happened? Selkie because she basically bullied him into eating it and is having flash-backs to the Grape Incident, or Te Fahn for even offering it to him in the first place that because of her timid personality kicking in, it makes her believe it was all HER fault…
The things we do for love…
Hey, I give the kid kudos for at least trying it. A lot of adults wouldn’t even do that.