An educational breakfast

You jokingly crack your neck and stretch your arms, then you clear your throat as if you're about to give a grand speech.

"Well, to start you off, we khajiit consider it a holy substance." You say.

Nacius raises an eyebrow and scratches his chin.

"So your people regularly cook things with a holy substance? When I hear holy, I think sacred, or rare."

You wag your finger and shake your head.

"Nope, sugar is quite common, some parts of Elsweyr are littered with moon sugar cane, Orcrest had a pretty sizeable sugar plantation..." You take a quick bite of your pastry.

"That is ehh, that is where Sanna got her sugar from..." You say with a mouthful of food.

"Why does the empire class it as an illegal narcotic?" Nacius acts.

You swallow your food. "Well, that's because the races of men and mer don't exactly handle it well, that and some fool learned how to refine it and make skooma!" You reply.

Nacius swallows a bit of his soup, then wipes his mouth.

"What do you mean we don't handle it well? And how do your people handle it?" He asks.

You chuckle. "Sanna doesn't know, perhaps Azurah made it as such, the other races of Tamriel seem to get the shakes much easier when they eat moon sugar, for khajiit, it takes a generous amount of sugar to get the sugar shakes."

"The sugar shakes?" Nacius says with an eyebrow raised.

"Exactly what you think it is, it is not uncommon to see a foreigner or a khajiit who decided to help themselves to too much sweets having these shaking fits on the streets around Elsweyr." You reply.

"Huh... now I know about the khajiiti sweet tooth, but how much food do you put the sugar in anyways?" Nacius asks.

"Haha! Almost everything, we use it almost the same way you imperials use normal boring cane sugar... Maybe we are a little more generous now that Sanna thinks about it.

The two of you eat a bit more before continuing, Nacius places his elbows on the table, holding his hands and resting his head on them, looking at you intently.

"How come you consider it a holy substance?" He asks.

"It's in the name, moon sugar." You emphasize.

"Do you think it comes from the moon? Also you gotta explain the whole moon thing to me, I've heard bits and pieces, but it just leaves me scratching my head."

You chuckle at his curiosity of your culture.

"Our religion is a whole other story for a different day, but we consider moon sugar to be crystalized moonlight, when we consume it, we are giving ourselves life by eating a teeny tiny bit of lorkhaj's soul." You reply.

Nacius looks totally confused at your explanation, he rubs his eyes and takes a few more bites of his food, you take a few bites of the pastry before he speaks up.

"Judging by how much of it your people eat, I imagine it's not really a teeny tiny bit of soul or whatever." He says with a chuckle.

You laugh with him. "Sanna does not really understand it herself, she is simply telling you what the moon priests taught us."

"It's not really my place to ask, but how religious are you? With all of this talk of moons and sugar, I assume you at least follow this faith?" He asks.

"Ehh somewhat, Sanna was never really spiritual, but she follows some of it, we khajiit owe our existence to the moons, but again, that's a story for another day. You respond.

"Yeah, I've heard about the moons and how they effect what you become or something along those lines, you're going to have to explain that to me later as well." He says before finishing his meal.

You laugh and finish your pastry, wiping your mouth with your arm.

"Sanna will attempt to explain these to the best of her abilities, she is not a good teacher, plus she will admit, some of the things they speak of in Elsweyr do not make much sense to Sanna." You say with a chuckle.

The two of you stand up, walking your dishes back over to the counter.

"Well, I'm going to be honest, I'm still clueless as to all of this sugar business, but did you enjoy your food? I know it isn't that khajiiti quality, but you have to admit, it's decent right?" He asks.

You nod. "Yeah, Sanna enjoyed it, this Salmo is pretty good, if they had access to moon sugar however, Sanna would be over the moons... pun intended.

The two of you laughed as you handed your dishes to the woman at the counter.

"So Nacius, did the lady like Salmos cooking?" The woman asks.

"Well, she gave me a history lesson after she was disappointed with the lack of sweetness, but she said she had enjoyed it regardless." Nacius says, patting you on the back.

The woman looks at you with a surprised expression.

"Really now!? Salmo's baking is the best in Skingrad, maybe even in all of Cyrodiil!" She says.

You chuckle and lean in. "It is a khajiit thing, we love sugar." You say with a whisper.

She chuckles and the two of you begin walking out, Nacius waves the woman goodbye before the two of you leave.

"Well, now that we are full, anything else you want to do in town before we head back? The day is young!" He asks...