Claire: "Some combinations of pen and ink can be slow starters even after a day or two, but that problem can often be cured by applying a minuscule amount of moisture to the nib. You could get enough by a wet lick of your finger and then touching the nib to the finger. But then you'd have ink on your finger!"
Marten: "I was wondering why the coffee's roast chicken undertones were being overwhelmed by zinc."
:-P Think spider coffee :-P and calligraphy ink :-P