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Aldara stared at Cassia for a moment before hitting her own forehead. Sometimes she forgot that some people do things for money, not just barter for goods. Her parents were good at haggling for things, she of course was mostly just the currier of said goods.

"Of course, of course." Aldara said as she slipped into a chair of her own. She had been still standing through all this. "I wouldn't want to change the way you do things. I am just used to how my parents do things. Mom hardly ever asks for money. Father covers all that stuff." She did wonder how much the tea was set at.

There was mention of learning how to properly brew the tea. This was something she was interested in, but something else came to mind and she wondered if Cassia had ever seen something like it. "This may be a strange question, but do you see many large birds in your travels? Ones that with very large wings, and long tails." She asked vaguely, not quite sure how to explain what she had seen a week or so before..

Kinfa? That sounded like a bird she had heard stories about, but she felt that it wasn't the bird. Frowning a bit in thought, she shook her head after a moment, autumn colored tresses falling across her eyes. "Don't think that is what I had seen... But I am sure I will see it again... Somewhere out there." She says with a small smile.

As Cassia mentioned her parents and coming back to settle means of payment for the teas. It was true that Aldara didn't have that big of a savings at the moment, she was trying to stockpile some things to go on an adventure that would last a while. "Of course, I will also let them know that you had been here. Dad might want to sample your teas as well. He's always trying things, even things that no one else thinks is even edible." She chuckled before moving to grab a small box and started placing some pastries into it.

"Here, you should take some of these with you. A snack for your travels." She smiled closing the box and wrapping a ribbon of twine around it to keep the box closed and for easy carrying.

"It's alright. I might have just been daydreaming or something." She tried playing off dismissively.

Aldara sometimes had a habit of nodding off or just staring blankly off into space. Her mind wandering to who knew only where as she was working. There was that possibility. Mentally shrugging, she turned back towards her guest. She was holding out a few samples and these would surely be a hit with her parents.

"Thank you, I am sure that we shall meet up again in the future. Perhaps we both shall have new treats to share." She was overly enthusiastic as she took the samples and turned to show her guest out. There was a lot of work a head of her after all.