Once Ria and Runark started eating, they couldn't be stopped. They hadn't eaten much for the day, running around from place to place after they arrived at Planet Sarantel. Arastia watched with amusement as her niece and Runark inhaled dish after dish without any signs of stopping. Because their digestive systems were as strong as they were, they could compress a tremendous amount of food matter into a smaller volume, allowing them to eat larger portions than would otherwise be humanly possible.
"This is delicious," Runark almost sobbed as he shoveled food into his mouth. "I have to say, the best part of technology is that you can have delicious food even in the frontier!"
"You can say that again," Ria muttered even as she chewed her food. "I would never have been able to live in the frontier if I had to live on food pills."
