“Oh. Hydroponics has to go with growing plants without need for soil, in the water. I... just kind of know the term, not how it works.”

Rafts, huh... “Mostly an aquatic world, I’m guessing? Between the rafts and the webbing.” It reminds him of merpeople, which he doesn’t want to think about, but she looks different enough that it’s fine for now.

Creature - oh. Right, obviously. Not the same world, no reason to know the same bird species. “This is Bob. His species is called a raven, often mistaken for a slightly smaller species called a crow. They share a lot of traits, like high intelligence and the ability to make and use simple tools. I raised Bob from when he was a chick - just after he hatched from his egg. He’s been with me ever since... he’s unusually long-lived and intelligent even by raven standards. Neither of us know for sure but we think my mother and Fate brought him to me. My mother’s a goddess... I didn’t know that until five years ago, though.”