[Okay. That is the dumbest thing she ever heard, yet it's so simple-minded that she would feel bad about losing her temper at him for it. She needs to summon some patience to continue this conversation. Ready, and... deep breath in... deep breath out.]

... look. You do realize there's a flaw in that reasoning? [In fact, there's a lot of them. It's flaws all the way down. But maybe there's one he can actually understand:] Things like frost and storms are parts of nature. That means fairies and spirits are part of a natural order. Condiments are not.