Adrien turned to Val, his eyes still wide after seeing all of that. "What -- what are they?!", he gasped.

Val giggled. "My latest work in magically imbued intelligence. They are responsible for cooking our meals".

"Wow", Adrien said. "I have never seen anything like this before... I -- I mean, I have read your paper about the enchanted teapot that could have a natural-sounding conversation, and I thought that was amazing... but this!...".

"Thank you", Val said. "Their enchantment is based on that, yes. I have been building on top of that project... However, this is very much a work in progress", he added, his voice almost a whisper now. "Please do not be too harsh in judging them".

"I'd never!", Adrien exclaimed. "This is already incredible as it is! What did you do to them, anyway?".