"Do you think 'taste buds' is short for 'taste buddies,' like, little flavor friends in your mouth?" Sean asked.
"Nope. I absolutely do not think so," I said, cutting a #thick slice of bread & slathering it with honey.
"I wonder if you have tons of sweet taste buddies in your mouth," Sean said, watching. "Or hey--what if you have just one lonely sweet taste buddie trying to process all that honey? ... I wonder how they #measure how much sweetness each taste bud gets?"