Bunta shrugs. He did look earlier, but that isn't relevant, is it? Lissa wants to choose her own ring to wear for the arrangement, and she deserves to be able to. And if Bunta happened to see a ring that made him think of her, and he just happened to act on the feeling that he really wanted to get it for her, that's a separate matter.

Mostly.

"I dunno. Ishimitsu?"

"Ah, that's an opal! Beautiful, isn't it? Would you like to try it on?"