Sitting before a crackling fire, Nero watched the beads of oil dripping off the rendering fat with a dazed expression, his mouth slightly watering.
As it turned out, the degree of corruption within a beast could directly influence the flavor and aroma. Then there was also things like its diet and overall affiliation with things like rot and corpses.
Compared to other Abominations, the diet of the Horned Coney was much more tame. Besides eating a bunch of smaller insects and rodents, they often feasted on the lush grass at the edge of the border with Malady's Garden.
They were also very docile creatures that weren't particularly inclined to eat the dead.
With such a diet, their flesh was far more appetizing than the flesh of regular Abominations.
As the meat roasted over the flames, Nero found himself unable to form coherent thoughts. So he decided to wait until he had had a bite.
