SQUIRT—SWISH—SLAP!
Across the center of Solar System No. 100, three thousand gleaming White-Dwarf Sauce-Sprayer Ships glided in tight formation along the length of the Two-Million-Mile Star-Iron Rotating Spit.
From the high-pressure brass nozzles mounted on the bows of the ships, ten million tons of warm, golden Five-Spice Clover Honey, Roasted Garlic & Sesame Oil, and Sweet-Spring Cooling Mint Essence rained down in shimmering arcs onto the feathers of the slowly rotating Million-Mile Three-Legged Golden Crow!
Right behind the sprayer nozzles came the fused [1,000-Mile Silicone Basting Brushes].
Standing on the open bridge of Lead Kitchen Ship #1, Old Guo held two heavy brass steering levers with his muscular cook’s arms, guiding a thousand-mile-wide brush of soft, heat-proof silicone across the diamond-scored vent-lines on the Patriarch’s back with long, masterfully even strokes!
“Left wing needs more honey, Boom-Pot!” Old Guo bellowed into his brass speaking-tube, his round face glowing with sweat and culinary joy as the nine thermostat-controlled suns gently caramelized the glaze into a shimmering amber sheen. “Don’t let the garlic oil pool under his third armpit! Brush it out toward the tail feathers in long, smooth strokes so the crust seals evenly!”
“Got it, Brother Guo!”
On Kitchen Ship #2, Boom-Pot Sun pulled a lever that fired a hundred-mile mist of crushed Star-Cumin, White Pepper, and Five-Spice Powder across the Golden Crow’s tail feathers, while Grandmaster Dan Yang steered Kitchen Ship #3 right over the crown of the giant bird’s head, pouring a concentrated waterfall of Bloodline-Purifying Sweet-Spring Mint…
