I wish I could say the same thing about my mother and tea, but alas, the excellent things in my household tended to be cuisine. Advantages of a father who is a gourmet chef.

[Still, there's clearly things he could poke at. And were he not so... caught up in the guy in the moment, David might. As it was, he could tell something that shouldn't be touched, and thought to give it the space.]

And you're not wrong, at least when you're talking about western tea traditions. Perhaps, if you might let me some time, I can take you to a place that does coffee in the old ways, the beautiful ways. Maybe a nice Turkish coffee house that brews buy pushing the coffee and grounds in a special cup that is dragged through boiling hot sand.

[He puts his phone away, already having transferred his nav program to his yellow shades, and gestures for Balthier to join him in a leisurely walk.]

Yes, and no. I'm not from this version of this one. I am from Earth, from another version of this Earth. So, like you, I'm not truly a native of this place. Maybe a touch more comfortable with the technology, but also a stranger in a strange land.