Fuck them flowers!! With notable caution, Chobe seems to inspect nearly every plant, as if making sure it's not some trap of sorts, or worse, making sure they aren't sentient. He may be part plant himself now, but he's got no desire to get mixed up in flora based monster nonsense right now. It's only when he's totally sure the entire garden isn't out to kill him or his brother does he reach up to pluck a fruit from a tree near the statue. . .

Only for her to "speak," and like a startled cat presented with a cucumber, the bandit is leaping several feet backwards, immediately on guard with a sword pointed her way when he lands. His eyes narrow, trying to read her, but quickly he realizes this isn't a normal human.

"Haah? Hello to you too, you normally try and ambush visitors like this?"