[That gets him to look up from his mortar; he reaches for one of the small jars and adds a small pinch of the dried yellow flowers. That's the last ingredient; a quick few extra strokes of the pestle, and he picks up the spatula instead.]
Can you hand me that empty jar? -- and you read Chinese?
[It's his native language, but he hadn't expected her to be so comfortable with it.]
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Can you hand me that empty jar? -- and you read Chinese?
[It's his native language, but he hadn't expected her to be so comfortable with it.]