I was trying to heat up some milk to try out a rememdy I had heard of during my travels, [Koumei said blandly, toeing his way across the room in Kashuu's path-- careful to avoid anything that looked dangerous to unprotected feet.]

But this city lacks proper turmeric root-- just a powdered form of it-- and it didn't feel right making so little on this strange stove...

[So he tried the microwave. And killed it. The digital read outs weren't as simple to understand as people believed.]