““I quite like eggs,” I replied firmly, well aware that the enchantments he described would all turn strange and sour, even deadly, in the end. Besides, what on earth would I do with men’s hearts? I couldn’t make an omelette out of them.””
The speaker declines to use men’s hearts as ingredients, noting that the enchantments surrounding them become dangerous and corrupted.
In simple terms: Rejects exploiting others’ emotions.
Manipulating feelings leads to toxicity.
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The metaphor may be overly dramatic, obscuring nuanced discussion of consent.
