“That’s right. Would we need to mess around here if we were that good at it?”

“Forget it. There’s no point explaining too much. She just runs a bar and probably doesn’t have any understanding of something as sophisticated as floral art.”

That last part was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Floral arrangement is the mark of sophistication?

Should that be the case, would someone like her, who cuts a stalk or two from her garden at home to fiddle with out of boredom, not be immersed in acts of sophistication day in, day out?

Sabrina found the comment terribly absurd.

 

She scrutinized all the scornful looks from those around her, including that of Shanae. Shanae’s gaze was especially vile, as though she thought Sabrina was pathetic.

Me? Pathetic?

 

Sabrina bent down and gathered a few stalks of roses. She trimmed them up to their peduncles and then gently massaged the flower buds.

All those around her were astonished to see the closed buds starting to open up.

That was not all. After she was done with that step, she got someone from the bar to fetch her some steel wires.

The steel support was threaded through the peduncles and then maneuvered in such a way that fastened the flowers together. By doing so, she had created a cluster of blossoms that seemingly came straight from the gardens themselves. The crowd before her gawked.

is

an ocean of blossoms. On the other hand,

art from Thymion. This is no longer floral arrangement but a work of

thing or two about the topic exclaimed when she saw this

in a state of

thoroughly embarrassed when she saw that

bar operator know how

much more arduous than the floral arrangement practiced locally. Only the wealthiest folks had the means to commission such

to do it. What does

then withdrew her own surprised gaze as resentment

to a truly skilled floral arrangement. With a wave of her hand, she gestured to her staff

or so, the work was close to completion and

lunch, Sasha. Let’s go!”

showed up outside the bar’s entrance. Upon entering the premises, his keen

“Sabrina?”

still barking out instructions, immediately turned

“Devin? You’re back!”

she stopped short of jumping for joy when she saw

her with a nod. “Yeah. I was just passing through the area. What are you doing? Have you

could be better described as not as forthcoming

about the details, though. She was already over the moon when she

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