The Vaesteri family was among Milirevi's most important families. For generations, they've put their sorcerous prowess at service of the city and in the name of the Daliath religion. Their contributions were so notorious that they earned multiple awards and titles for it. Including the Dal-kanan-Dal (the blessing that multiples blessings), an honor granted to a single digit of families around the known worlds. The family ran a temple that was large, beautiful, a historical landmark, and a shelter to those in need.
"It varied? It was good being able to contribute and it made the caretakers like me more. And they recommended me and my brother to work here, which is a huge honor, you know."
She nods. Oh, she doesn't remember his name.
That's awkward.
Okay, okay, you can just ask Ima.
"Uh... what is your name, again?"
"That's an interesting name..." She blinks, "wait a moment, are you the Efrossian sorcerer?"
She actually knows what Parafi is code for, she is not consciously realizing it because an Efrossian is a more interesting fact.
"Uh, I am Ima."
"That's okay! We all are doing our best, we are just at different stages of learning how to get it right." She is definitely the kind of person that says that sort of proverb completely seriously.
-Parafi might not be the type to say proverbs like that completely seriously, but he can actually appreciate it when Ima says them. He smiles shyly. "Thank you?"
"Great." Ima is so relieved that she won't have to go through the awkwardness of finding a partner.
Inara would be delighted by a partner! -Provided he does anything that involves chopping. Inara's actually got a scar from her last attempt at chopping things.
Anyway, Aaren is calling the class to something resembling order and starting to talk them through the recipe.
To be fair the ward feels like wearing thick gloves, so he can't blame her. And time for the class to start.
Ima is laser focused on paying attention on Aaren.
(She sometimes gets distracted by the triplets, but it isn't much.)
The recipe isn't anything majorly complicated - although it's an earth recipe, chorizo, sweet potato, red onion and spinach with pearl barley, Aaren advises on substitutes for all the ingredients if they don't have ready access to the earth variants. It uses a single roasting tin, which is convenient for a lot of reasons, and everything cooks together.
Ooh, Earth cuisine, how exotic. Most ingredients are not too rare in a city like Milirevi, but it's nice to know the options.
Well, now that they've done all the prep work, they've got time before it'll actually be cooked. Anyone want to learn how to make flapjacks?