Okay so what if cambri's digestive systems are built to prefer occasional large feeds (more like a snake -- they eat one big meal every few days and digest very slowly) but Fennec's mechanical guts mean she doesn't have the capacity to eat like that anymore? They work just fine, her digestive system is similar enough to a baseline human's that the modder didn't have any trouble with making sure everything still functions, but if she tries to eat the way she's used to she makes herself sick now. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this but 1) Fennec getting Very Hungry sometimes because she's not used to eating multiple times a day and 2) being very appreciative that she has her boys to drink from when she needs.
okay I like this but lemme reshape it a lil:
Cambi eat meat and blood. Fennec has been subsisting on a combo of blood packs and jerky, bone marrow, etc. bc there's not much in the way of game for hunting and also to keep it ~covert~
*insert Fennec with Don't Be Suspicious song playing in her head*
1) the Cambi digestive system is designed for Big Meal (hunt & eat),,,,digest (days),,,,some snacks (mostly blood draws)
2) Fennec's mods can't accommodate the feast-famine fluctuation, partially bc it was made on the basis that she's human
3) Fennec has had to adjust her diet to primarily liquid, with small solid meals. occasionally she can boost with weird meat slurry
4) ration bars, nutripacks, etc do n o t h i n g for Cambi
Fennec is infinitely glad her boys allow her to drink from them and in return always makes sure to have rations and juice for them to bolster them after a snack (like when you donate blood andget snackos)