Fern they/them “Dino nuggets. And yes, I am an adult and still eat dino nuggets, it’s a safe food. Monster energy. I am probably going to be having heart palpitations by the time I’m forty. Oh, I haven’t had human 昀氀esh before, but I heard that someone donated part of their ear to be cooked to see how it would taste. The taster said that it was similar to veal. I might be misremembering that, but in any case, it’s fascinating. Hmm, I don’t think it would count as studying per se, I kinda just went down an internet rabbit hole at some point. Oh yeah totally, I hope you get some interesting interviews.” Beatrice she/her “I really love cooking a whole ham to have for a while. You can put it on a sandwich, eat it by itself, put it in a stew, it’s very good. One thing you can do is coat the skin in brown sugar before cooking, that tastes delightful. Oh I really shouldn’t say this, but I love myself a glass of wine. It’s a vice I struggle to give up. Ah, well uhm, I can’t say I’ve ever prepared any human before. It would likely have its own challenges to cook though. Uhm, why are you asking about human 昀氀esh? Oh. Well I would rather not have this conversation, so I’m just going to go now—” Bill he/him “A steak cooked at a perfect medium rare. Ya season it with 73 ■ PLAINS PARADOX