"Oh! Yes, maple I believe. We have a similar ingredient made from the blood of the calot tree. It's a delicacy, really, and for good reason. I am a completist, but I don't even have a calot tree in my botanical collection. Too dangerous."

She walks as she talks, her demeanor one of someone who expects other people to get out of her way. And people do, for some strange reason.

"I will say this for Jasoom's flora and fauna. Vast and varied as it is, it tends to stay where you put it and it doesn't actively seek to grab and consume the gardeners."