Kutur shrugged his shoulders. What was he supposed to do? Money obviously was not going to budge the cook, but Kali was looking at him like he could somehow make the problem go away. How, though? Was he supposed to play the authority card? No, Kali is as high a priest as any. She could have easily done that. Blast him with a spell? Not only was Kali probably able to do the same, setting kobolds on fire would likely draw the ire of Rughoi. Perhaps if he just got a few answers out of the cook, then he'd know what to do. "So . . . why pork today? Are you having family over?" he asked, quieter than he would have liked his voice to be. Maybe if the cook were saving food for special ones in his life, that would make sense.