[ he is honestly so happy... they've been using whatever substitutes they could find, but this is by far the closest thing to the real deal yet. He's practically sparkling, nodding with enthusiastic agreement when she says it's amazing. ]

Well, it's possible... However, the process of making a pearl is something that takes years back home. We'd have to study how these little sugar pearls are formed more closely before Sensei could say for sure. After all, these are aliens we're talking about!

[ a beat. ]

But still, the possibility of being able to gather more is very real!