L: Why do I have to drink soil milk?

D: It’s not soil milk. It’s soy milk. The doctor thinks you might be allergic to milk.

L: But I’m already allergic to sesame.

D: You can be allergic to lots of things at once.

L: Yes, but is soil milk hard?

D: No, it’s just like normal milk. It’s white and runny, it just doesn’t come from a cow.

L: Where does it come from?

D: A kind of bean.

L: So, like a bumble bee or a…

D: No, not a bee, a bean.

L: [incredulous] A bean?