Gina snorted. "I can sympathize with your mother," she said, very dryly. "I love Ivy with all my heart, but dear God, does she do stupid things sometimes."

"I didn't think you did go looking for fights," she added, after a moment. "You... I know I don't know you very well but you don't seem the type. Tomato sauce is a sauce made from a fruit we call tomato. It's red and rich and spiced, like..." She cast about for an equivalent that Yuyan might know.