What you’re seeing now is an interlude, while I work on getting Chapter 2 set up. Enjoy!
The Phabaric are from an ice moon, and it's so cold there, running water isn't really a thing. They evolved (somehow) to be able to eat water in the form of ice, hence the CRONCH CRONCH.
Oh yeah, and they need to maintain a very low body temperature. It's *very* cold by that room.