Wait, really? Nobody's ordered this before? But this is a really common dessert where she comes from, the kind that you make when you don't have enough time to make a longer one.

...

She supposes it's just one more point of difference between her home culture and here. After being in the Nexus this long, she had thought she'd already found and gotten used to the differences, but every so often something random like this pops up.

"It looks fine, and it's really easy to make anyway, so it's probably good." Really, the only way you can mess it up is by using really old fruit or by drowning them and making it too sweet.

She smiles to show that it's fine.
Then, Carlie starts eating it, taking her time eating it because it's still just really an excuse to stay here.