Her familiarity with Carlisle does embolden her, but in truth, she would have said what she did no matter what her reaction might have been. She is not someone who often chooses to be delicate in her words in order to spare the pride of others. There is a slight amount of surprise when he so easily steps aside, but she decides it's best not to mention that.

"I grew up in a marsh, so... there were a lot of them," she tells him, taking the jar and placing it close to the beetle's front end. She nudges the leaf slowly underneath its legs, and gently herds it inside the jar that way.

"There weren't many that were good to eat, but some of them glowed, and some of them were good for medicines."