Editing Dufiro foods (section)

===All Candied Out===
As Rafe moves about the Candy Story, he notices that unlike all the others, Candy is not getting any candy. “What's the matter; don't like candy.... Candy?” Rafe asks playfully.

Candy looks like she is about to make a smart-assed retort, but then her demeanor changes. She replies in a soft tone.

“I used to have an eating problem, Rafe.... if you can't tell.” She glances down at her body, then an uncomfortable chuckle follows an uncomfortable smile; she continues. “My mother was denied sweets as a child... my father grew up poor and hungry, sometimes not eating for days. Their food issues became mine; father made sure every meal was a feast, or as much as he could, and he made damn sure we all ate our fill. And mother made sure I had a ready supply of candy, forced it on me even. By the time I got to high school I was grossly overweight; I hated the teasing, I hated the way I looked, I hated my parents for what they did to me....  but I hated myself most of all.”

She pauses for a moment as she looks over some of the selections of sweets before her.

“Damn, Candy; I had no idea. What are you even doing in here? Must be difficult?”

“Yes. A little. But it's an exercise in Will Power. I had to learn to become indifferent about food; it was the hardest thing I have ever done. At first it started out as a hatred of food, especially sweets, but that didn't go well... I would starve myself for days then binge eat... it made my physically sick, and then I hated myself even more than I did before. It took some time to figure out that hate was not the way.... 'Hate leads to the Dark Side'.” She finishes, doing a really good impersonation of Yoda. They both laugh.

“Wrecker really is a bad influence.” Rafe says. Candy chuckles and nods in agreement.

“Once I figured out that hate was not the answer, I turned my passion for foods and sweets into other areas, and I began to look at eating as nothing more than a necessity. Sure, I still like foods, and I have my favorites, but I had to apply restraint to how I ate and what I ate. I cut out sweets entirely. I tried to eat more healthy foods. But mostly, I had to get control of how much, and how often, I ate. It's a battle I fight every day. And every day I get stronger for it.”

“Daaaamn, girl! Props!” Rafe says, double thumping his chest with his fist, then suddenly leans in and gives her a one armed hug. “Well... if you have any other passions, or vices, you want to indulge, just let me know. Preferably before we leave Ahyk; Bently's footing the bill.” 

Candy gets a devious look in her eyes, a wicked grin crosses her lips. Rafe can almost hear the gears of her mind grinding. He gives her a smile and a wink before he moves on to gather a few more goodies of his own, before heading to the Register to drop his basket.