Hmm... there is a vegetable patch out in the grounds-- the one you requested, as a matter of fact. [He gives a nod to Tatara.] We've grown more than just vegetables there, the plants are growing well, and Ginger is more taken with it by the day.

[He believes that only Mikaela is more important to him than the flowers, at this point.

Then he pauses to think, when has he ever thought this much about other people? He's been doing it more often recently, and he has no idea why this is so. And why he isn't more alarmed about this.]

Living here is... interesting. Every day is not exactly the same as the previous, the exact opposite of life in the heart of the forest. I would say it's because of the people.