More a misunderstanding, with her taking miss as a title and answering in kind. Blame the sandwiches? Though it could be argued that endless politeness towards humans has a cultural element.

“Don’t worry - I’m not going to give them too much. A little fat for energy.” Quickly struck by an idea, she turns more towards him to eagerly share. “If we can find the ingredients we could make bird seed cake. If you’d like to sometime, that is.”