"Food for their curiosity," Yrael says with just as much ease. "What would happen if people from opposite sides in a conflict were put in a kitchen together, or if people from worlds that are similar but different in poignant and thought-provoking ways were to interact beyond the bounds of their time and place? What new divergence would their paths take? How would it change the future of their world?"

There are reasons Yrael and Hannibal are friends.