They are beautiful. [It's said in lieu of agreeing that she likes flowers.] Or a lot of them are, that is. [Because she can recognize their aesthetic qualities, certainly, even if the context of most of her experience with them hasn't exactly been a good one.] I'm sure yours will be lovely.

[And she smiles back, more easily than if it were only for his sake; it's hard not to, when he smiles so brightly, too. Nodding at the introduction, she adds just a quiet,] Nice to meet you, Takeru. [Despite him having been included in that 'both'. It only seems right.]

[The comment, though, makes her brows raise for the moment before it's explained by his question, and she gives a little,] -- Oh. Yes, I'm new. I've only been here for a few days, now. You've... been here longer?