Author's Note: Response to LJ psohdrabble community Challenge #180, War. The week this challenge was running also coincided with the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (the occasion being celebrated in the "Flowers, the Detective, and the Detective's Little Brother" side story from volume 8).
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Suspicious, Leon poked the wedge of light brown paste enveloped in a thin crust. "Count, what weird stuff are you trying to feed me now?"
D sniffed. "That is not 'weird stuff.' It's lotus seed mooncake, detective. They're traditional for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Folklore says they helped overthrow a dynasty by carrying hidden messages."
"War with cakes? You don't call that weird?" Leon rolled his eyes but took a bite of the pastry anyway. "What the—" He plucked a piece of paper from between his teeth, opened it.
D smiled cheerfully. "A note from Chris. He liked the story."
