Of all the different ways I had stolen, hunted and scavenged for food lately, I do pride myself on this idea. Cooking classes not only bought to me a good amount of various, well earned food, but it was always well baked and absolutely delicious. Spock might no have agreed, the occasional cookies or cakes I stole out for him were not all regarded as kindly as meat or even trash was for a dog, but for myself, it was an opportunity for a treat I did not care to waste.
I hadn't really paid too much attention to the other people in the class. The teacher I held with some interest, only when we were learning something new to me. But once you've been around as long as I have and, for the most of my years, self sufficient, you learn to cook well. I was quickly regarded a quick learner and I think that most people in the class excluded me purely because I was unnaturally good. Or perhaps it was the colourless eyes and the paleness of my appearance. Regardless, I didn't mind, for I never made any attempt to converse with any of them, either. That was until this week.
We were learning banana bread today. It's hard to describe the deliciousness of baking bread, but it filled the room with such a sweetness that I feel as though I could probably have wolfed down every loaf of bread baked in that room today. All save one. My bread had already been kneaded and shaped, waiting to be placed in the oven when a flash of white from the girl on the table in front of me dusted up, coating both herself and half of my own table. I blinked at her in shock, before realising she had spilt the flour. With an amused chuckle, I glanced up: the teacher was already busy with a disaster at the front of the room. Well, a bit of kindness wouldn't hurt. Perhaps she would even share her bread with me if I helped her to make it. With this hope, I moved around to stand beside her, regarding the lump of dough and the spilled ingredients about her messy, flour-coated table, with mocking dismay. I lifted an eyebrow.
"I think you've used a little too much flour."