If by picking things up, he meant talking to random large ingredients that transformed into eccentric and enthusiastic cooks, then that was correct. But from the way he phrased it, Rukia could only assume that he just learned a recipe here and there based on what he happened to have lying around in the larder.

"Interesting," she nodded. "It seems there are quite a few cooks in the city. Either people seem to be very good, or have never seen a saucepan in their lives. It's a strange gap in skill level."

It was also a pity that she'd worked so hard to learn how to make a strawberry cheesecake, only for the person who loved that dessert to fall into crystal stasis.

"What other talents did you pick up?"