[Well! He doesn't need to be praised like a student, he'll thank her to know, but he keeps his comments to himself in favor of pulling a carefully written list from one pocket.]

Seeds and cuttings of a particular variety of eastern rhea plant...and stone samples from several locations, for the purpose of comparing aetheric densities and mineral composition.

[One corner of his mouth turns up slyly.]

I don't usually have reasons in my orders, just plans for preservation and transportation. Someone must have known you were coming. And, if there's anything else I find that I deem worth study, I'm always welcome to bring it along.

[Gleaners are experts in properly moving samples and specimens from all across the realm to Sharlayan. Erenville seems to remember who his present company is and he raises his eyebrows.]

Within reason.