"Also, it's probably going to be our turn at some point in the nearish future."

"...yeah. Fair."

"So don't feel the need to beat yourself up over it."

"All right, I won't."

"Good."

"I wasn't really beating myself up, anyway, just... I generally prefer making people happy to making them unhappy?"

"Sensible preference."

"I thought so too!"

"But it won't do us any good if you decide you need to pretend to feel other than you do to make us happy."

"I'm not gonna do that. But yeah, that's where I'm getting the urge to apologize."

"Makes sense. But it's not necessary."

"Okay."

"So dyeing things glowy apparently wants to wait until you've managed to conjure diamonds, or something, but I think you also said yes to berries, or am I misremembering?"

"Yes! We have berries."

"Great! What kinds?"

"Various? I'm not an expert in berry identification."

"Well, given the context, what colors?"

"A lot of shades of dark purple and red!"

"Not as great a selection as could be desired, but pleasantly in line with my sister's aesthetics, at least."

"Your sister likes red and purple?"

"Well, her favorite color's pink, and her second-favorite's yellow, but purple's a close third and if you can't make a paler dye out of a darker berry I'd be very surprised."

"I guess we'll find out!"

"How do you dye things with berries, anyway, I think it might involve boiling fabric in berry juice or something..."

"That sounds like a good first thing to try."

"I'll get Amalta, she won't want to miss this."