Editing On a Godless Planet:Volume2A Preface (section)

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'''Local Snacks

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“Snacks?”

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“That’s right, that’s right,” replied Shifu while they shopped in Will’s basement. “When you’re camping out in a tent, you’ve just gotta gather around the campfire, eat snacks, and chat or gather in the girls’ tent, eat snacks, and chat, right?”

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“Don’t ask me. I never followed that sort of custom.”

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“Custom?”

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“I’m pretty sure it’s not that local a thing. How about you, Senpai-chan?”

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“Eh? I lived with my sister in the mountains, so we pretty much never interacted with anyone else.”

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“…”

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“Do I need to say it again?’

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“Um, if you don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to.”

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“N-no, this is something I kind of want to complain about! Not only did my marriage fall through, but I was never allowed to develop any communication skills!”

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“But your sister turned out all right.”

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“I wonder why that was.”

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“W-well, it really comes down to the other person’s tastes and your compatibility with them.”

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“I know I brought it up, but I think continuing with this conversation will make Senpai-chan go wild.”

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“Then let me ask you this: how were things in the Norse regions?”

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“Hmm. We had our chief god’s castle – or hall, I guess you’d call it – so we’d go there to chat when we were bored. Back at home, Tooru would always be in that hall and the other gods would visit and stay there a lot.”

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“The snow really accumulated during the winter, so the custom was for everyone to gather in the one large hall. That cut down on fuel costs, but it also kept us safer from disasters.”

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“Yeah, like that. So we knew a ton of ways to kill time when we were bored. We would tell stories, play games, go hunting, and even play sports.”

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“Yes. Our indoor games were especially well developed. We had a lot of gambling methods using tokens made of bone or stone and we also developed a lot of different foods.”

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“…”

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“No fair, Norse Mythology! All Shinto has are poor communicators whose schtick is giving over-the-top reactions to everything!”

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“Not sure that counts as a schtick.”

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“Anyway, in regions that get closed off by snow, the local groups have to be friendly or they will die out. I think you can see remnants of those customs and ways of life in the mythologies there.”

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“Weren’t we talking about snacks? How does Shinto stack up there?”

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“Oh, I’m from the mountains, so I do pretty well with snacks. We have fruits and honey and things like that, but Shinto also has the ultimate weapon known as mochi.”

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“Isn’t mochi that ultimate weapon that always causes a stir around New Year’s by choking a ton of people?”

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“Figuratively speaking! It’s a weapon figuratively speaking!”

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<Mizuame existed back when the Kojiki was being compiled, so you have plenty of options when it comes to sweets. At the time, there were a lot of dairy sweets, so it is fascinating to see what they used as preservatives.>

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“Would it be cheesier when they used salt and creamier when they used mizuame?”

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“That makes sense to me, but we won’t actually be making these on our training camp like it’s a field trip or something, will we?”

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“I should hope not. …Anyway, you never mentioned what Izumi’s favorite snack is.”

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<He is a big boobs worshiper, so wouldn’t it be big boobs?>

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“Then based on the Shinto stuff we were just discussing, should we buy him one of those giant cheeses they’re selling over there? Since it is a dairy product, I mean.”

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“That does make some amount of sense, but…you’re planning to eat that with your drinks, aren’t you?”

''Who let her know that’s what we Norse types mean we talk about snacks?'' wondered Shifu.

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