“Trust me, you’re not the first guy I’ve found on his own,” she joked, smiling at him in a friendly way.
Clyde was still startled by the whole encounter, but she chose to ignore that. Instead, she averted her eyes to his basket, her eyes became delighted,
“Oh!” She grabbed his basket from him, looking at his candy, “well I’m not surprised, y’know it’s one of our most popular items,” she said, grabbing the blueberry bubblegum, “and a strawberry shortstack, I haven’t had one of those in a while,” she said to herself. She placed them back into the basket,
“I- uhm... I wasn’t looking at anything in particular, I just grabbed what I thought looked sweet I suppose,” Clyde said shyly, he’d never met anyone of any high status before, so meeting one of the biggest names in person was a pretty big deal to him.
“Huh...” she said, cocking her head to the side for a moment. She looked deep into his eyes. Her eyes were a bubblegum blue colour, rich with flavour just by looking at them, “well, I’d definitely recommend finding something you know you’re going to enjoy.”
“Uhm...” Clyde tried to respond to her rhetorical question, “I like all kinds of candy... but I prefer chocolate,”
“And chocolate it perfect!” She said delighted. She stood up straight, stretching her back. She was almost double his height, “follow me!” She said, walking away. Clyde didn’t know what else to do, so he just followed her.
“Interestingly, chocolate is the best absorber of our ingredients. You can add anything to chocolate and it’ll work as you expect it to! However, that doesn’t mean that the other products are less powerful,” she said as she walked by. She had a rhythm to her step, “please feel free to ask any questions, whether they be about our products or if you want to ask about me, feel free!”
“Uhm- can I ask about...” he stumbled on his words, trying to figure out if he can ask her,
“My height?” She finished for him,
“Mhm,” he replied awkwardly,
“None of my appearance, as you see it now, has been altered in any way. My ancestry dates back to Amazonian’s, specifically witches. None of my family experienced changes as I did. It was only when I was almost as tall as my mother’s at age 12 that we realised something was different about me. I chose to pursue a life of using my gifts to benefit others,”
“Which is making ‘the best candy in the world’?” He said, almost sarcastically. She wasn’t displeased, in fact she chuckled,
“Yes of course,” she stopped, thought for a moment, then turned to face Clyde, “it’s only just hit me,” she began, “you have no idea what kind of candy I have here, do you?”
“Uhh... my friend told me your candy could do, in her words, ‘literally anything you can think of’”
“Well your friend is one smart cookie,” she said, still smiling that friendly smile, “tell me one thing you think our candy can’t do?” She asked politely,