[Excellent! He has a friend. Or company to spend time with, anyway, and Ferid's never minded the silent sort. It just means he can talk without being interrupted, generally, while he waits for the customer at the stall next door to wise up and choose his over that pitiful display.]

The key is to put thought into the flowers you use. It's all well and good to use ones that look nice together, and I admit that my lack of issue with money allows me to be more lenient with that, but simply throwing some things together could cause problems that neither gifter nor receiver would realize! A flower's meaning can be twisted by a single misuse of another. It's fascinating, wouldn't you agree?

[... This is an absolute pause that cannot be ignored. He's very much asking your opinion.]