"I was. It is easy for me to find joy in the action, that is, in cooking and baking. The decorative aspect is perhaps more than is needed for the final products, but I have found that the visual spectacle communicates something it otherwise would lack. That is, the sheer pleasure of serving something beautiful as well as delicious and nourishing to one I care for." The smile on his face is small, proud of himself but not egotistical. "Perhaps you may understand?"

Elidibus runs the tips of the fingers of one hand across the palm of the other in slow, delicate circles. How can one explain that his tether to his physical form is something tangible? That being here, being real, allows him to do far greater things than he could within the Simulation?

Instead, he nods and takes the praise for what it is. And resolves to explain simply. "Thank you, it gladdens me to know you believe so. In truth, having a true body serves to make the effort far easier for myself than it otherwise would. Save for sheer power, it has been the same in almost every area."