"Oh no," Zelda quickly interjected waving a hand, "Please do not feel ashamed. It is quite alright."

Zelda tries to reassure her new friend. "I wanted to learn! You see, I am a bit of a scholar, so I love to experiment with many different things. In my homeworld, I was studying flora and fauna in order to make concoctions that might enhance one's native abilities."

She gives Himika a sheepish smile. She doesn't want the other woman to think she's stuck up, but she doesn't want her to think she's a heathen either!