She ladled a portion into a bowl the size of my head. "Eat. You're skin and bones. Disgraceful."
The rumors said she ate the last tenant. The rumors lied. She out-cooked him.
"Don't be afraid of the heat," she murmurs. "The heat is just energy. You control it, or it burns you."
Tomoe-san opened it. She had to stoop to see me.