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"Celestia, I'm not sure I like that smile" Twilight said in a slightly weary tone.
"Oh Twilight what do you mean by that?" Celestia answered in a cheery almost sing-song tone.
Twilight turned to face her marefriend directly, "Okay this is definitely a bad combination. Your tone and that sly smile almost a smirk, what are you planning?" as she narrowed her eyes.
"Twilight, no need to glare at me" waving off Twilight's weary tone, "I just ordered something special. A gryphon chef that arrived with the delegates offered to make some gryphon specialties for us."
Twilight blanched, "What specialties exactly?"
Celestia continued her cheery tone never abating, "Oh not meat, come now even you know that we're at peace with them. So they've stopped hunting ponies centuries ago. Besides with the long peace they do respect we don't eat meat."
"So what did you order?" Twilight's tone was strained and slowly rising in volume.
"Maybe some nice fish, many pegasi enjoy a little fish now and again. I have as well besides hasn't Rainbow Dash taken you to Tradewind in Cloudsdale. The place is quite popular and well-known for their fish dishes."
Twilight shook her head, "She offered and I declined. I don't have any real interest in trying.... fish."
"Not the adventurous type with food? You really should give more things a chance." Celestia paused as she heard the sounds of claws hitting the stone. "The gryphon chef is here, try to eat what he brings in. It is quite the treat."
A large brown gryphon walks into the dining hall and places down two small cups, a pot, and a covered platter. He bows briefly before leaving the alicorns alone.
"What is this?" Twilight asked, her voice still slightly weary but curious.
"Gryphon coffee for one, I much prefer tea but the gryphons make very good coffee. It's a speciality of their's involving very fine coffee grounds." Celestia's golden magic lifted the cover off the platter to reveal small squares in pale red, yellow, and green. "They also make very tasty delights, a traditional treat for them made from sugar and starch and traditionally flavoured by rosewater, orange, lemon, mastic. Other flavours are available but we have the more traditional ones."
"So this is what you meant by specialities. Sweets, with you it's always about sweets." Twilight said as she finally realized what her marefriend kept hinting and teasing her with.
"Of course it's always about sweets. I enjoy sweets but it's even better sharing them." kissing Twilight on the lips. "So which one first?"