What was that [i]prayer[/i]? It was Yumeiko's turn to offer up a bewildered look, but Miyuki was too busy eating to notice. The priestess took a moment to watch the other fox eat, astonished both by the ferocity, the speed with which she consumed the meal in front of her, but also the speed at which she showed [i]table manners[/i].

And not a grain of rice was wasted.

She'd been so engrossed in watching Miyuki eat that she'd barely taken a bite of her own meal. Yumeiko glanced quickly between their settings and started gobbling down some of her own food before Miyuki might think to begin reaching beyond her place setting. If the way she ate was any indication, Miyuki was not someone to fight with over food. Best to eat her fill before it became a problem.

Where Miyuki went through her rice first, Yumeiko ate a balance as she went. She did not strain to meet Miyuki's pace, but she ate, perhaps, a little faster than she might have otherwise. She did not grab a balance of rice and shrimp, but instead ate a morsel of rice, then a shrimp, then a another morsel or two, creating a balance in the end before she would commit her mouthful and continue. She braced to fend off Miyuki's chopsticks, if the other should decide to try her meal defenses.

Then again, Miyuki sounded so delighted with the food, Yumeiko felt compelled.

While she chewed a mouthful, the priestess found a smaller bowl at the table and put together a helping of her own rice, and shrimp she'd yet to eat, which she passed across to Miyuki as the other ran out of food.