[Of course Jacqli heard all of that.

She approaches when Menzies is done with her speech, head tilted just slightly to the side, considering.]

There's no need for anything like that in my world so I have nothing to bring. Except... maybe some food. I'll see what I can do. Where did this come from?

[Because "the snow is melting"? Yeah no, she doesn't buy that for one second, and she knows Menzies doesn't either.]