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>What's interesting about the skunk thing
>is that although I don't think skunk
>smells like coffee, I do actually like
>BOTH the smell of skunk (from a distance)
>and coffee. So, maybe there's something
>to that. . . they could easily have
>something in common.

I decided to look this up. And - to my shock - they do seem to have something in common. One of the many compounds which gives coffee its scent is 3-Methyl-2-buten-1-thiol - which is either identical or very similar to one of the three compounds that skunks blast off at you in a mixture when they're upset.

I should note, as far as my shock, that I was perfectly willing to believe this was what coffee smelled like to Zette. I just assumed it was a quirk of her perception, and never would have guessed at any commonality between eau-de-skunk and coffee, but it does seem to be there.

Look! A plot bunny!

Edited to add: this is actually why I've learned to pursue these things. You never know when a plot bunny is going to pop out of the underbrush...

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