[ For a moment she really, really thinks he has to be joking.

But after an awkward moment the silence lingers between them, and it's then that she realises he's serious.. does he.. really.. not think... anything.. about the flower petals.. ]

.. I'm not sure where to even start with that explanation if you don't get it to begin with. Do people usually take you seriously even with flower petals drifting all around you back home?