The danger shop was set up very differently today, not at all a situation where it looked like much combat was going to take place. And, in fact, that was a detail that Ignis was going to address right away.

"I know I keep saying there isn't much we can do when considering scent when it comes to combat," he offered as a way to get get started, "and, in fact, today, we'll be taking a break from the combat, if only to highlight what a passive experience scent can be, and how that means it's something often taken for granted, even in the most basic of activities, but especially when tied to one's sense of taste."

He smiled, just a little bit, there. "Now there's a sense that I haven't quite figured out a way to tie very heavily into combat. I already feel this unit on scent is pushing it, I'd be pretty hard pressed to see just have much taste-deprivation would change things outside of very specific and often unfortunate situations. In my own experience, taste deprivation would have been a blessing rather than a burden. But I digress...

"Today," he continued back on track, "we have a bit of an experiment, and thanks to the...generous capabilities of the danger shop, the ability to present to you several foods, some of them well known for their aromatic potency, to see how much of their flavor as we're familiar with it....if we're familiar with it at all...lends itself to how it smells, as much as how it tastes and looks. An exercise to mostly engage you in a thought experiment, with regards to things we may not notice because we've grown so accustomed to them, which is, at the heart of it, the crux of this entire course."