[That would handily explain the allure of its power, wouldn't it. What he says makes perfect sense to her, for once.

...And then it goes right back to near-nonsense. Katherine squints at the herbs for their brief moment on screen, trying to figure out what they could be. But then, it's hard to tell from sight alone when they're dried and rolled up like this. Is he trying to bring her a stimulant of some kind? But then why the makeup?]

Um... What are you doing? What travesty do you mean?