“ Try this, says Raoul, picking up a succulent green plant from the woodland floor. We all take a leaf and eat it, making the obligatory Masterchef “mmms” and “aahs” that are used to show one is eating with intelligence. Raoul looks pleased with himself. “Ees poisonous,” he says. A psychosomatic spasm passes around the group. “But only if you eat a lot.” It is some consolation.
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