[ With a soft voice, she makes sure to clarify. ]

I never assumed you did. I wanted to know if offering to keep the blood from animals that are slaughtered for food would be beneficial to you.

[ Claire knows he may already have a system that works for him, but the blood is there anyway. It would be nothing to properly store it until he came to collect. ]

There's no pressure to agree. The blood can be used for other things.

[ Blood sausages, for one. She circles back to what he said previously. ]

You know, if nothing else, I wouldn’t mind a partner in gardening.