Tisarwat considered both of them carefully before saying, "Of course, we wouldn't want to intrude. I'm sure you must be very busy."

To which Basnaaid responded with the expected, "Oh, no, not too busy at all" despite the fact that she did, in fact, have s lot of work to do. "Let's head that way.

"Do you have any particular favorite flowers, Lucille?" Basnaaid then asked. "Although I'm sure this...Earth? Has many different kinds we might not have heard of."

Or a shocking amount of the same kinds, too.