Ashley felt a small warm fuzzy feeling strike her mind as Lotus complimented them. Truthfully they knew that such a thing was near impossible for them, but the amount of confidence their little sister praised them with, left them feeling over the moon. A good enough feeling to ignore her little comment about having a strange taste, in Ashley's mind it was Lotus who was strange, but then again, most people they'd met in their travels did tend to agree with Lotus' mindset of 'pretty and shiny is best'. So perhaps the blonde wasn't far off.
Mirroring her sister, Ash began rummaging through the bits and bobs, most of the things here seemed to be broken, probably worth very little, but with enough time and patience could be turned into something beautiful. Ideas began swimming in her mind with every object she examined, only snapping out of her train of thought as Lotus gasped beside them.
"Oh what's this?" they asked not really directed more at themselves than the sister or stall owner as they gently took the broken pocket watch from her sister's grasp. Carefully they examined it, it would require a lot of work, and they would probably require a few more things they'd spied amongst the pile earlier to fully refurbish it, but it certainly could be done. It would also make for a fine gift, one she'd get to play with first before handing it to their father for once.
"Excellent job, Lotus, you're so good at picking gifts." Ashley praised the blonde, raising one hand to gently pet her sister's head in appreciation before rummaging through the things and picking out a couple more objects, "I'd just need this... this... and... AH! This!" They exclaimed as they finished picking out all the materials they were confident would be enough. With all the items in hand, they began haggling over price with the stall owner, eventually coming to what both agreed was fair payment for what most others would consider junk.
"Alright, that's gift sorted." Ash nodded to themselves, happy with their purchase, "Next, ice cream, unless you spy something you like first."