"I imagine that would be very simple. It's not as if their is any particular ingredients list that you must strictly adhere to for the hot dog or the chili," he said with a bit of a chuckle.

He took a moment to ponder her question, or rather his answer to it. He didn't want to lie to Joan, and he wouldn't, but nor did he wish to share everything that he was going through. That was simply not how he did things.

"For the record, I spent quite some time in a monastery doing nothing but meditating," he said. John had been trying to find a way to control himself at the time and for a short time it worked. Unfortunately, it was only for a time and ended with the massacre of every monk in the monastery.

"But yes, there has been quite a bit on my mind lately and this is my attempt to clear it."