Nuh-uh. They say your nose is about 80% of what you taste, so you could stuff the food up your nose and that'd be 80% the same, you know?

[He made up the prickling part but he remembers this pretty clearly from, he is pretty sure, some cooking show or other that he happened to catch on the fly. Or was it one of those late-night talk shows that had nothing to do with cooking? It's been so long since he's seen a real TV, y'all.

Also, if you sneeze on something is it the same as licking it to claim it? He did cover his face with a sleeve, at least, he's not a (total) heathen. It's up to how much Kurapika wants this soup, probably.]

I can guarantee that this is better than it started.

[Like, was it just some veggies in water........]