Different worlds, I guess.

( sure, it's. weird that it would be different. then again, everyone looks at naga like she's a freak of nature, as if they've never seen a polar-bear dog before... so it wouldn't surprise him if there were other discrepancies, too. )

I mean, tea seems to be a pretty commonly accepted thing. Everybody knows what it is. But I haven't met anyone who isn't from my world who knows what sea-prune stew is.