"Also, in the comics, the symbiotes can feed off of chemicals in chocolate, which would be a fun discovery to play with for the first time one of them gives the other a box of chocolates. (Note that I am only familiar with limited comics and cartoon canon, but don't mind various details to be thrown in for flavor. Just warning you that I might not recognize a clever reference when it's right in front of my face.)"
Re: Bullets Dodged
"Also, in the comics, the symbiotes can feed off of chemicals in chocolate, which would be a fun discovery to play with for the first time one of them gives the other a box of chocolates. (Note that I am only familiar with limited comics and cartoon canon, but don't mind various details to be thrown in for flavor. Just warning you that I might not recognize a clever reference when it's right in front of my face.)"
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