Candy floss was a novelty to me, since you could only find it at fairs or theme parks. I went crazy over it not because I particularly liked the taste, but because it was rare. That was one of my first lessons in the value of scarcity. Regardless, since I was not savouring the taste like all the other kids around, my mind was free to wander and it came upon the strange sensation of cotton candy melting in my mouth.
To be honest, I had not realised that it was melting. And it’s not actually melting, according to the scientific definition, but that’s for later. What young-me knew was that no matter how big a bite I took, within seconds it would shrink and vanish into almost nothingness in my mouth. Subsequently, it was this phenomenon that entertained me when I ate candy floss.