So just the basics then. [She giggles, not at all shocked that Zenrus never tried to expand those skills too far.] I suppose you and Mikleo learned through experience after all. Though the foods from the outside world must have been a shock when you first tried them!

Yes, I believe that with all my heart. And as long as we remember them, they're never gone.

[That observation seems to nag at an old, seemingly forgotten pain. Lailah brushes past ]t and instead focuses on continuing the lesson.]

Next we make sure the butter is softened, then we combine the flour and spices. [And only now does she set a book down on the counter... it's not huge compared to the Celestial Record, but looks almost as ancient.] This should tell us everything we need to know about making the cake.