Well, at least Aidou's face reflected how X felt about the matter; human functions were fascinating and wonderful, but they also had their disgusting moments (which were also fascinating in their own right, when X thought about it. They had all of these hazards: choking, vomiting, coughing...and yet they handled it just fine. Amazing!).

X covered his mouth and coughed once.

"Before I came here, I never had the need to eat it."

It was strange how easily the words came from his mouth, even though, with his condition, it probably sounded a little crazy. In hindsight, it did seem that it was almost as though he was saying this to himself, and not fully to the stranger next to him.

"But then again, it's not like one would expect a machine to be able to eat and digest human food, regardless of how human they were meant to be."