Yeah. There are a couple conditions which'll leave a person unable to taste much, or at all.
[She'll hold up one intricately-inked hand, shrugging that shoulder.]
'To eat is to appropriate...' was translated; I may be misinterpreting. Still makes sense.
[Given the context some experience with sympathetic magic provides, it---whichever interpretation 'it' is, 'inseparable' or that scrap of Sartre---makes very solid sense. Consumption's a loaded act; there are libraries on its implications alone.]
[AND ABOUT IMPLICATIONS]
[that] [that is one screaming sharp left turn this conversation's taken] [and when it was going so well] [The look on her face says as much, in the (long) moment before she manages to regain composure]
no subject
[She'll hold up one intricately-inked hand, shrugging that shoulder.]
'To eat is to appropriate...' was translated; I may be misinterpreting. Still makes sense.
[Given the context some experience with sympathetic magic provides, it---whichever interpretation 'it' is, 'inseparable' or that scrap of Sartre---makes very solid sense. Consumption's a loaded act; there are libraries on its implications alone.]
[AND ABOUT IMPLICATIONS]
[that]
[that is one screaming sharp left turn this conversation's taken]
[and when it was going so well][The look on her face says as much, in the
(long)moment before she manages to regain composure]I don't think that would work well.