"Oh," Amaya said, waving a hand in the air to brush such an idea aside, "no more so than usual. In fact, I probably could have stood to be run a bit more ragged, a little disappointed with the sales this year, but overall I suppose it wasn't too bad..."

There would be no comment on the placement of the cactus, though it was noticed, just as there would be no comment on any particular details of Irene's wardrobe, although those, too, were noticed...

The commentary (for now) was going to be entirely focused on the food.

"So," she stated, setting the bag down on the table and getting ahead of her own question by taking a look inside, "what'd you bring?"