"Perhaps if the seeds were to be eaten in quantities greater than advised, they would make one ill?" That would be a logical evolution from 'do not consume the seeds' to 'do not consume this fruit' and finally into 'do not touch.' Ever curious, Themis wonders at how such a fruit may taste.

He'd not tried them before.

"Shall we taste it? It would be, quite literally, forbidden fruit," he cannot help cracking a grin at his own joke.