[ She keeps grinning, kicking her feet underneath her chair. ]

Mm, they come from those clams... I wonder how? If we can feed them right, maybe we can collect them like you collect eggs from chickens!

[ ... sure, it's not like sugar pearls taste anything like chicken, but it's also not a grown plant and much closer to something edible being "laid" by another animal. Sorta. ... sure. ]