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One account suggested that Jenny's love of toast — specifically, when it was “crunchy and warm, soft in the middle with butter and sweet from the whipped honey” — was a holdover from [[Jenny Everywhere#Origins|her ''original'' childhood]] before she was splintered across the [[Multiverse]] and became “the Shifter”. She was six when she ate her first piece of toast, having breakfast with her [[Jenny Nowhere|sister]] and her [[Jenny Everywhere's mother|mother]], and she would associate the taste of toast with the memory of her mother ever after. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Memories of Nowhere (short story)|Memories of Nowhere]]'') | One account suggested that Jenny's love of toast — specifically, when it was “crunchy and warm, soft in the middle with butter and sweet from the whipped honey” — was a holdover from [[Jenny Everywhere#Origins|her ''original'' childhood]] before she was splintered across the [[Multiverse]] and became “the Shifter”. She was six when she ate her first piece of toast, having breakfast with her [[Jenny Nowhere|sister]] and her [[Jenny Everywhere's mother|mother]], and she would associate the taste of toast with the memory of her mother ever after. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Memories of Nowhere (short story)|Memories of Nowhere]]'') | ||
Jenny had strong opinions about toast; different incarnations favoured different kinds of bread, making it a common topic of conversation during multi-Shifter events. Most also considered it a personal offensive to use inappropriate condiments (such as mustard) in their presence. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'') | |||
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[[Universe (The Genesis of Jenny Everywhere)|One universe]]'s [[Jenny Everywhere#Jenny Bainbridge|Jenny]]'s love of toast, which she had every morning for breakfast, was shared by [[Jenny Everywhere's father#Mr Bainbridge|her father]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Genesis of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Genesis of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | [[Universe (The Genesis of Jenny Everywhere)|One universe]]'s [[Jenny Everywhere#Jenny Bainbridge|Jenny]]'s love of toast, which she had every morning for breakfast, was shared by [[Jenny Everywhere's father#Mr Bainbridge|her father]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Genesis of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Genesis of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | ||
The accommodations at [[Rio P’Brytje]] did not offer toast as part of the room service, to [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]]'s dismay. This struck her as a greater strike against the place than the fact that it was mostly made up of bridges hanging precariously over pools of lava. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker | The accommodations at [[Rio P’Brytje]] did not offer toast as part of the room service, to [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]]'s dismay. This struck her as a greater strike against the place than the fact that it was mostly made up of bridges hanging precariously over pools of lava. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | ||
When celebrating Jenny Everywhere's return to the [[Multiverse]] after her temporary, mysterious disappearance, her friends celebrated by proposing a literal “toast”, whereby they raised slices of toast rather than glasses of alcohol. These slices of bread had been toasted using a [[Heat Ray]] invented by [[Laura Drake#Summoning Lord Grallyx|Laura Drake]] as a present for Jenny. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Disappearance of Jenny Everywhere (short story)|The Disappearance of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | When celebrating Jenny Everywhere's return to the [[Multiverse]] after her temporary, mysterious disappearance, her friends celebrated by proposing a literal “toast”, whereby they raised slices of toast rather than glasses of alcohol. These slices of bread had been toasted using a [[Heat Ray]] invented by [[Laura Drake#Summoning Lord Grallyx|Laura Drake]] as a present for Jenny. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Disappearance of Jenny Everywhere (short story)|The Disappearance of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | ||
The food arranged on her dinner table by [[Jenny Nowhere#Romance with Everywhere|Jenny Nowhere]] when she tried to set up a date between herself and [[Jenny Everywhere#Romanced by Nowhere|Jenny Everywhere]] included toast and tea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere and the Nowhere Spiral (novel)|Jenny Everywhere and the Nowhere Spiral]]'') | The food arranged on her dinner table by [[Jenny Nowhere#Romance with Everywhere|Jenny Nowhere]] when she tried to set up a date between herself and [[Jenny Everywhere#Romanced by Nowhere|Jenny Everywhere]] included toast and tea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere and the Nowhere Spiral (novel)|Jenny Everywhere and the Nowhere Spiral]]'') | ||
[[Jenny Everywhere#Writing The World is Toast|One incarnation]] of Jenny Everywhere wrote ''[[The World is Toast]]'', a cookbook and travelogue combined, containing anecdotes from her travels and recipes for “over 200 varieties of toast”. Naturally, its readers included other Jennies, such as [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's roommate|Kim's roommate]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cleaning Day (short story)|Cleaning Day]]'') | |||
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