Ah, the colorful sands? I did taste test a few of those... accidentally.
[He can't take credit for tasting his environment back in the desert, for all that the wind did helpfully bring some to his mouth more than once. Not to mention that initial dip and retrieval from the River, with all that particularly not-sugar mud.]
It was at best sugarless sugar. Are you saying that's a reason why the tree wouldn't have been edible...?
[For all he asks, he doesn't wait for a response or even properly watch Sunny's face for an expression, busy musing aloud to himself:]
I suppose a tree grown in sugar soil would be sweeter. But would it be better to taste...? Salads aren't usually a sweet snack.
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[He can't take credit for tasting his environment back in the desert, for all that the wind did helpfully bring some to his mouth more than once. Not to mention that initial dip and retrieval from the River, with all that particularly not-sugar mud.]
It was at best sugarless sugar. Are you saying that's a reason why the tree wouldn't have been edible...?
[For all he asks, he doesn't wait for a response or even properly watch Sunny's face for an expression, busy musing aloud to himself:]
I suppose a tree grown in sugar soil would be sweeter. But would it be better to taste...? Salads aren't usually a sweet snack.