"I could try frying up cattails. They're not the same, but they're starchier than this." Balthazar may just be having fun experimenting with plants based on his brother's teachings. If there were a steady supply of butchered meat and potatoes, he probably wouldn't be cooking this much.

"No, I don't need sleep, but I've found this place sometimes pushes me under somehow. Ever since the dream sharing." Shrug. He takes another bite of greens, then adds: "I'm one of the youngest of my kind here. The older ones are more powerful. But there are abilities we all share, yes."