If he's going to annoy her in her own home, she may as well get something out of it in return. She'll rummage through a cabinet to get a bowl to hold the flowers in, but otherwise doesn't help. He seems to know what he's doing, and that leaves her time to start hanging a few of the bundles in the window.

"Reclusive isn't really the word I'd use," Shura replies, entirely unperturbed by his comment. There's no point in denying it or trying to hide. Her past hasn't been a secret for a while, and Daud had figured out enough for himself based on what he said. There was the matter of how he put the clues together, but he's an ass of a man and unlikely to say anything.