[ He smirks at the chirp and eats another piece and rubs his fingers to get the residue off before reaching for his glass as well. ]

I like gold; but gems make for a nice variety and it never hurts to keep adding anything precious. In fact, the opposite, or so I've heard from long-dead relatives.

[ He takes a sip of his glass and marvels for a moment at the fact that he got her to open up even just a bit. It was a swooping feeling of victory that a competitive creature like him lived for, but it felt a bit different, for some reason. ]

So why the taste for specifically-sexed mammals?