Lenore shakes her head, eyes a little bit wide with uncertainty. Have I missed something? Am I failing to make some important connection?

"Nothing. It all seems well." After a few sacks, Lenore had started keeping a kernel from each, and she opens her palm to show them. "Might as well keep a sample to watch for a few days, just in case it's something that develops over time."

She drops them into a pocket for now, expecting that no one is going to mind this tiniest of samples taken for a good purpose. "What's our next stop, once we reassure the cook?"