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"Li Evans, my name is. " "Aye, you don't look Asian." "What?" "Li, it sounds Asian." "You mean Lee?" "No, Li, like the Spanish Si." "No, my father hated adverbs." "Was he German?" "What?" "Cuz, grammar na-" "No, he's English." "Then-" "My name's Lily." "Ah, why not say that?" "Because...ugh. Who're you?" "Me? I'm Jam." "Jam?" "Yeah." "Why call yourself after the food?" "What?" "Jam is food." "Yeah I know what jam is. I'm Jam, not jam." "Wait, is it James?" "Ssshhhh, don't say it." "What? Jame-" "Shush." "Why?" "Because my Dad can't pronounce the letter 'Z'." "But James isn't spelled with a z." "You'd think it. But everytime my dad tries to pronounce my name, he summons snails." "Ho-how is that even making any sense? Snails?" "Yeah, when he was a kid, his friends pulled a prank on him and since then everytime he makes the 'z' sound, he summons snails." "Why?" "They tried to make him a parselmouth." "The snake speech?" "Yes." "And now?" "He's a bug speaker."