You can hardly blame them for that. It isn't as if they can pop around the block and take suggestions.

[is that a little too close to teasing? he thinks it might be, or at least close enough to cause his shoulders to shake briefly in silent amusement at his own stupid joke. you know, because flowers were rooted in place?


yeah, it's time for another subject of conversation.]

I'm afraid I couldn't really say for sure why they're acting this way, but some of it seems to be native to this place as a whole.

[the plants were hardly the only ones lacking color, after all.]