[It occurs to him that the story as he knows it may need a measure of editing, out of consideration for certain facts now known to Paul about other talents Falco has beyond cooking.]
He was a man who thought he was more clever than the ancient gods. He set out to prove that they weren't all knowing by convincing them to partake of a feast with a forbidden ingredient. Most of the gods recognized what he'd done at once, of course, but one of them - the god of the harvest - was distracted, and ate from the feast.
[That the forbidden ingredient was Tantalus' son can be elided, even with the fact of his resurrection afterward.]
The gods punished him by condemning him to the underworld, where he stands in a pool of pure water under a tree laden with fruit. Every time he reaches for the fruit, it recedes above him, and every time he bends to the water, it retreats. They say that's where the word tantalizing comes from - but I don't want to end up in the underworld for what I serve people, so let's make sure these turn out well, hm? No forbidden ingredients - like Confetti, for example.
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[It occurs to him that the story as he knows it may need a measure of editing, out of consideration for certain facts now known to Paul about other talents Falco has beyond cooking.]
He was a man who thought he was more clever than the ancient gods. He set out to prove that they weren't all knowing by convincing them to partake of a feast with a forbidden ingredient. Most of the gods recognized what he'd done at once, of course, but one of them - the god of the harvest - was distracted, and ate from the feast.
[That the forbidden ingredient was Tantalus' son can be elided, even with the fact of his resurrection afterward.]
The gods punished him by condemning him to the underworld, where he stands in a pool of pure water under a tree laden with fruit. Every time he reaches for the fruit, it recedes above him, and every time he bends to the water, it retreats. They say that's where the word tantalizing comes from - but I don't want to end up in the underworld for what I serve people, so let's make sure these turn out well, hm? No forbidden ingredients - like Confetti, for example.