“Um... W-wow there’s um- a-a lot of people here... uh... what’s um... w-what’s your f-favorite flower, i-if you have one?” [ask-subconite-ander]
Lovely question! A gentlewoman ought to consider such things carefully -- a bouquet can have all sorts of varied meanings depending on the flowers used. Composing the right one can be rather harrowing!
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I rather like lavender! There are these absolutely divine lemon-lavender cookie bars over at the patisserie just down the road a bit. Ernest keeps having to insist I not spend all my earnings on those alone! Though I do always share with him, of course. A true gentlewoman never hogs all the sweets!
“O-oh! Th-those sound really good! I’d try some, b-but um- I d-don’t leave my world as much as I used to. M-maybe that city has some I could buy...?”