If he just put a lid on it and didn't fuss with the rice it would come out perfectly acceptable. Maybe later Nida would explain why this particular meal was so important.

"Not kidding," he says as he works through the pepper. "It was slick up there. Went out my window and onto our roof. Jumped onto the next one. Moved across it, slipped before I could jump to the next and fell. Turns out the doctor lives two down... Wanda's dog is still there, so I got to sneeze through the process."