When he saw her confusion he sighed. "You don't understand... I don't mean there's a colusium on my planet... There never was and there never will be... I mean the one on this planet... The one that I was a slave to for about two years... The one that you're helping me escape from... The one that we both dispize so much," he explained, his voice full of thought and distaste. "My people would never build a colusium like that... Ever..." When she said she didn't have any vanilla extract he sighed. "Then I'll have to go without," he said. When the tea was ready, he poured himself a cup. "I would offer you some but this herb fills you up pretty quickly and I think it would be a good idea for you to eat, yourself. It would be better for you untill you are ready to become one of us... That is...<span style="font-style: italic">If</span>you want to become one of us..." He looked at her. "If you wish to live with us for the rest of your life then it would be better for you to be one of us... I don't wish for you to get hurt because of who you are... Inside the privacy of your own home, though, you can be who you are unless someone decides to come over... Someone other than myself. That is... Never mind..." He blushed at what he had been about to say.<span style="font-style: italic">Don't be thinking that,</span>he thought to himself.<span style="font-style: italic">She might not even think of you that way!</span>