14.1. Tapioca

Caoilainn was brought to work into an extensive kitchen which had many people working with tapioca, they were divided in long tables, cooking different dishes. Caoilainn smiled as she wore an apron, found a place to sit, got her tapioca and started working. She turned her staff into a spoon with a crystal on its tip. Using her spoon, in a minute she turned the tapioca into a pretty yellow cake, with a beautiful roasted crust. Her supervisor was an older woman, who wore a ragged pink apron and a kind smile. She approached and said:
- "That is a beautiful cake, rookie"
- "Thank you" - Caoilainn was radiant.
- "However, there is one thing I need to tell you" - the supervisor kept smiling - "nobody here eats food cooked with magic. I am going to ask you to discard the cake and bake a new one, through traditional methods."
- "Are you sure? It is the same taste."
- "Yes, my dear" - the supervisor looked honestly kind - "please, get started when you can" - Caoilainn replied:
- "You mean I will have to cook this, mix the ingredients, bake in the oven, all that stuff?" - Caoilainn's face was now pitiful, trying to use her cuteness to convince the supervisor otherwise, but she replied:
- "Yes my dear."
- "O...okay" - Caoilainn answered as she thought to herself: "it seems that it is not the tapioca that is cooked."