> > She smiles, perhaps a bit flustered by her own words and says, "Can > > the food possibly live up to the rest?" > >Jac laughs as he lifts a fork, "To be honest, I'm never noticed. In the >evening, there are lights mounted on the side of the cliff that keep the >rainbow effect going." > >"I remember once coming here while at university with a physics major. >She spent the entire time speculating on prismatic effects and angles of >refraction, and all I wanted to do was seduce her." he laughs, "She's a >Full Professor at MIT now. I think her specialty is photonic crystals." Mira smiles, "I rather think that under most circumstances this would be a rather excellent choice of places to dine to seduce someone, Jac, but it rather sounds like the cards were stacked against you with that one. It would probably be like trying to seduce me in a hydroponics garden since I've gotten hooked on the ship's facilities." >The table floats through the waterfall, eventually returning to the >reentering the the restaurant from which it left, and the waiter >reappears to take away the appetizer and replace it with the main >course. The bubble then leaves the restaurant and travels through the >rainbow mists again. > >"Boring isn't it." Jac says as he takes a bite of his food, "But the >food *is* remarkably good." Mira raises an eyebrow, "Boring? No, I wouldn't say that. Like any setting, it sets a tone and a mood. Unlike your MIT professor, I can see seduction being right near the top. Or merely 'wow-ing' someone who asked you to show her something she wouldn't stumble across on her own." Mira takes another bite of her food and gets one of those 'oh, this is heavenly' expressions on her face as she savors it, "And the food alone would be well worth the visit. What a delightful excursion so far." Mira
