"Because it is a good and often natural experience for youngsters. You said that you wanted a more normal time while you are here. Who, in this case, is everyone?" he asked as casually as he said the rest, without any change in pace or tone to indicate he was going to swap from answering to asking. He did take the flowers, though; he set them on the counter in the kitchen and started studying them to see if any of them might make good tea.