Lily casts her gaze around at the store, and immediately spots a couple things that look good. That miniskirt, those studded bracelets, and maybe a band t-shirt except she doesn't know any of these bands. 

"What's the name of that band you were playing this morning?" Lily asks. 

"Paramore," she replies with a smile. "Band formed around the lead singer, who was fifteen at the start. Says something, given how few chances this world's minors get." She murmurs the last bit a bit quieter, just to avoid overattentive ears.

Lily casts her gaze around the store - and what do you know, there's a Paramore tee she can grab! 

She flashes a smile at Sable, and takes it and the miniskirt and the bracelets to Sable to ring up. It feels a little weird buying a band t-shirt for the first band she's ever heard on this planet, but the music's good, so why not wear it? She can sort out the implications later. 

"Good picks." She glances around, then spots something. "Ooh, those are some impressively chunky boots."

Lily's eyebrows jump, and, following Sable's sightline, she goes over to the boots and finds several nice chunky pairs. 

"Ooh," she says. "These look great. For sure I want a pair of these, with the snaps and the buckles. Help me find a pair that fits?"

"Sure." Sable looks around to find a bench and a sizing plate, then directs Lily to sit down and slip her shoes off.

Lily has to try on a few pairs before she finds something that fits her properly - her feet are wide for their length - but in the end she manages to find a pair that fits well. She gets a smug little smile about it and nods to Sable. "These will do." 

Then Sable will cheerfully pay for all of that, get it bagged up, and lead the way out to the food court.

"What kind of food are you in the mood for, Lily? Feel free to describe vague vibes and make me match 'em to an actual cuisine, or just point at something that smells nice."

"I'd like something hot, by which I mean temperature and maybe also spice. I think I'd like something meaty. I think I don't want something with a ton of cheese and of course there's my usual limitations regarding veggies. Crispiness would be nice. I think I'm describing a towner I had once, don't know if you have those here. Patty of ground beef, layer of crispy breadcrumbs, spicy-sweet sauce, enclosing bun, sometimes a slice of onion?" 

"Huh! That sounds like a burger, honestly. Maybe a spicy sauce instead of or in addition to ketchup. Dunno if any of these places will do a breadcrumb layer, but other than that, yeah, that's just a burger."

She eyes the restaurants for burger joints, soon spotting a Jack in the Box. "I think they've got sriracha available. Let's give it a shot. How do you feel about pickles?"

She leads the way over.

"I can try them in the spirit of discovery as long as nobody will look at me weird for taking them off entirely."

"Nah, no one will care. We can skip 'em if you want, but I like 'em on mine, and figure they're worth a try at least once. On the other hand, if it'll throw you off your meal better to skip. They're little slices of cucumber pickled in a salty brine, usually with dill."

They get into line.

"'Pickled?' I don't think we have that where I come from."

"Huh! Okay, so it's a food preservation method. If you cure meat in salt, or soak vegetables in a salty brine, it keeps for longer. Then some people figured out that the briny taste was nice was nice for its own sake in certain contexts. And then it became one of the more common — though not universally agreed on — toppings on hamburgers."

"Persine cores keep extremely well and have a lot of nutritional vitamins and fats in them, so I can buy we wouldn't invent some of your methods of food preservation. Speaking of which I've been meaning to ask - you said earlier that one of the drinks you had on offer was hot cocoa. I don't recognize that one. What is it?"

"Do y'all have chocolate? Made from a bean, processing-intensive, starts off bitter but is best prepared with at least a bit of sweetness to it, result is a smooth, rich, dark brown confection. Can be prepared in milk to make a really nice drink, typically called either hot chocolate or hot cocoa. I'll make you some when we get home."

"I don't think we do. Coffee's the only bean I know. We do have calvera, which is made from ground persine pits and sounds similar as a bitter drink that you sweeten to make palatable, like coffee. It's not a stimulant though, so most people prefer coffee." 

"Oh wow. Okay. I definitely need to introduce you to chocolate. I wonder if there's a good chocolate place here in the mall? I know there's a few out in the city, though, and I'll definitely make you some hot cocoa when we get home."

Then they reach the front of the line. "Two spicy sriracha burger combos, one with no lettuce." She's handed two paper cups printed with the restaurant's branding and given a number, then directed to a soda fountain where she gets a non-caffeinated drink for herself before turning to Lily.

"What kind of drink would you like?"

"Ah, I guess I'll get a cola since we're out. It's having them at home that's the real issue. Do they have orange cola?" 

"They do!"

She fills the second cup up with that, and adds just a little bit of ice to each, then puts lids on and straws in before handing Lily hers.

Lily takes it and slurps away a little with a small smile. 

"Alright, so we just wait for the orders now?"

"Yep. Shouldn't take long, then we take our tray over to the central area and pick an empty table to sit down and eat."

Lily nods along, and looks around at the enclosing food court. Even in this small space, there must be at least a dozen options to choose from. 

"How popular is chocolate, would you say?" 

"Hugely. Immensely. Grocery stores and convenience stores have whole aisles dedicated to it. We can check one out on the way home."

"I would love to see a local convenience store. I think that would be excellent as part of my cultural education."