Exactly! [ he realizes that he is not responding to the question she just asked, but... ] ... That is, the first bit. Back then it was all, like, rosewater and saffron and noodles, very fancy and hard to come by. Nothing like any of these "scoops." But nowadays even the peasants have this miraculous technology, so many ice cream merchants run businesses like this one.

[ A beat. ]

I assume. Was never much reason to go in, before this.