Silver and Lilia (pt8)

Lilia has taught Silver the mark of a true warrior is being able to run across lotus leaves on the surface of water, which Lilia can do. Silver says, “I haven’t mastered that skill, so I’m not a true warrior yet.”

Silver relates a story that Lilia told him about a hero who could fire three arrows at once and hit three targets. Silver says he has yet to reach that point, but he works hard in the Equestrian Club and he does other forms of training to follow in the footstep’s of the hero from Lilia’s tale.

Silver says that as long as he keeps at it, he is sure that he will pull off the triple-arrow shot one day, and that a guard of Malleus’ must always build upon their strength.

At the end of the tale it is revealed that the hero in question was female, and Jamil reacts with annoyance to Silver burying the lede. Silver apologizes, saying that storytelling isn’t his strong suit.

Silver’s disliked food is officially listed as “Lilia’s cooking.” He is more willing than Epel to eat a pie with fish heads sticking out of it, explaining, “I don’t see what all the fuss is. It isn’t all that different from a lot of things l’ve eaten in my time…”

Silver says that the cooking at NRC left him awestruck, as aside from the meals he would make for himself, he grew up on his father’s “…particular brand of home cooking.”

When Lilia suggests he bake a cake for the NBC social Silver’s first response is “NO! Not that… Anything but that!,” and he physically intervenes when Lilia suggests roasting rats and lizards for food in his dream.

Silver volunteers to oversee the cooking and Lilia responds, “fae have far more sensitive palates than humans do. If you try to slip in anything funny, I’ll know,” shocking Silver, to Lilia’s confusion.

During Culinary Crucible Silver says that he wants to expand his cooking repertoire in order to cook more enjoyable meals for Lilia, and to earn money so that he will be less of a burden on Lilia in the future.

Silver tells Riddle about how he used to fall asleep while learning to cook when he was younger which would lead to Lilia having to take over in the middle of the process. Silver says, “It never occurred to me just how much he did to keep me safe.”