She could point out that it's completely normal for people to be named after their professions where she's from, but he's already talking nineteen to the dozen, and she has a feeling she'll have to pick and choose the words she gets in edgewise.
"Lovely to meet you, Peter," she says. "And it's a bit of an adjustment, both to the city and to this." She makes a pointed, manor-encompassing gesture with one floury hand. "But you're right: if you're to be in a home, this is the one to be in." The other one does the best they can with the resources they have, of course; it's not their fault their resources don't include absurd amounts of magic.
Nodding towards one of the pantries, she says, "If you're looking for leftovers, or anything quick and easy, that's the one. There's usually something in the left-most fridge, too. I don't mind you older ones rummaging about, so long as you don't abuse the privilege -- or let on to the littler ones. They'd scoff biscuits all day if they knew where we were keeping them."
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"Lovely to meet you, Peter," she says. "And it's a bit of an adjustment, both to the city and to this." She makes a pointed, manor-encompassing gesture with one floury hand. "But you're right: if you're to be in a home, this is the one to be in." The other one does the best they can with the resources they have, of course; it's not their fault their resources don't include absurd amounts of magic.
Nodding towards one of the pantries, she says, "If you're looking for leftovers, or anything quick and easy, that's the one. There's usually something in the left-most fridge, too. I don't mind you older ones rummaging about, so long as you don't abuse the privilege -- or let on to the littler ones. They'd scoff biscuits all day if they knew where we were keeping them."