"Oh. That's really nice of her. Thank you. Both of you, I mean." He wonders if the little thing is an alien, but there's no way to ask that without sounding rude, probably. Better to save that for later.

Alex's shoulders sag in visible relief. He's pretty sure 'apothecary' is old timey talk for pharmacy or doctor or something like that. It was in a movie he saw. Maybe this guy's from the past - which normally would be the source of many, many questions from him, except he's got a more pressing one: "You can understand her?"