I'm just re-reading the posts since Rawiya encountered the shortfolk, and came across this gem:
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Pondering the mention of cooks, Rawiya attempted to calculate the possibility that these were corsairs turned to backwoods cannibalism. That was fairly far down her list of likely untamed frontier island encounters, but it was certainly still on there. She'd always wondered how she tasted, though an active nightlife at college allowed for an educated guess.
I mean, sure, we all experiment with a little light cannibalism at university, right? 8]