[Her lips immediately twitch into a smile at "confectionaries" - is he using that fancy schmancy codeword for candy? That's the most adorable thing she's ever heard. To her credit, she doesn't outright laugh; as a Super High School Level Photographer with a friend who's the freaking Super High School Level Gamer, she's got some ability to appreciate people who really put their back into esoteric talents that benefit the world in general.

(It's a good thing that if Mahiru ever gets any idea just how shady Earl Phantomhive really is, that'll have to happen after Kuzuryuu has died.)

She's done with this round of vegetable chopping too and has no more left given how dedicated she is to delegating that task onto certain kitchen disasters who ruined one or two pots of rice between them, so she gets up to dump both of those into the stew and commences stirring, still looking at Ciel.]

I've never heard of it... but I don't know a lot about candy brands. When I have some it's usually what my friends share with me and sometimes they unwrap it in advance.

Hey... if you've really got your finger on the pulse of the industry, do you think the stock that they have in the candy shoppe gives us any information? [That's how it would work in a class trial. Everyone's talent comes in handy eventually]