"In any case, Denethor was an old horror, just as bitter as he was snarky, and totally out of his mind. And eating red things in that way is really completely inexcusable."

Asar-Suti shrugs. "Why should it be inappropriate, though - perhaps he prefers to be comforted by somebody female?2

He can be female as well, of course, he muses, with a small grin.