[Accidental Video]

[gotthescent]

[The camera comes on crookedly as it hits the ground, showing a frantically struggling and squeaking mouse being held up to Apollo's face in both fists. He grins.]

Gotcha.

[The mouse's squeaking and struggling abruptly ends when Apollo bites its head off. There's the faint sound of crunching bones as he stuffs the rest of it into his mouth with both hands, finally slurping up the tail like a noodle before licking his lips contentedly. He starts to bound off on all fours, then stops, pats a pocket, and returns for his D-Comm. The feed ends.]

Comments

[externalmonologue]

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Oh, that takes me back.

You need grass, moss, and water, though. Mouse and rat is better when part of a soup.

[gotthescent]

Who eats grass and moss? Meat tastes better raw anyway. The brain isn't sweet once you cook it either.

[externalmonologue]

The grass adds earthy flavor and fiber if you manage to rip it out from the roots. The moss adds texture and body. Together, it is a passable, if small, stew.

Russian secret. We do not eat for flavor, we eat for nutrition.

Besides, properly prepared, you don't have to worry about the bones. No nutrition there. Nasty choking hazard as well.

[gotthescent]

Sounds like too much work. Meat's got plenty of nutrients in it already.

What kinda idiot chokes on bones? You'd have to suck at chewing for that. And aren't there nutrients in bone too? Calculum or something? Plus there's the marrow. Even if you can't chew the bones you can suck the marrow out.

[externalmonologue]

Limited nutriets. Good for calories, protein. Less so for carbohydrates, fiber, assorted vitamins. Omnivorous diets are pesky that way.

And I don't know about your world, but where I'm from, humans can't digest bones. Thorough chewing can break it up and help it pass, but doesn't do so much for digestion unless it's been powdered.

[gotthescent]

[Actually if you're like Apollo and eat all of an animal you get more nutrients. You can stay healthy on an all-meat diet (Apollo eats other stuff too) if you eat everything on an animal and a lot of fat. And chew on the ends of fish bones for calcium. Most people don't of course, so they don't realize that. /obscure trivia]

Dunno if it comes out the other end in one piece. I don't check my shit. Ain't had any problems so far.