The narrator tells us that he's going to have to go to the flower shop to find out what's up. He's got a message for the guy who works in the shop: "Prince has thorns" . The narrator says he'll have him if he can convince him to marry him. The flower shop guy says that the guy works on bouquets and ikebana, but he does it more carefully. He says that's because they're "frozen in time" , which is why they don't move fast enough. The guy runs off to get a towel, and the narrator says that she'll just grab a towel and wash her clothes. She's so happy to see that she doesn't have to worry about her clothes getting wet. She says that her clothes