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[ it was definitely superhuman. but also, reflexive? like he did it without thinking about it. looking down at the olive, he'll flip it around to the back of his fingers, then offer it to his friend with a wink. oops, here you go, buddy. ]

Just a trick, huh? That's a real useful trick. You could go anywhere like that, zero effort.

[ magic, man. maybe he could learn it one day, too. ]

Flowers that open when you sing? I still have that flower Jun gave me when we first met, but.
Without roots, it didn't last long, sadly.
[ he gives a small smile, --making a gesture with his fingers. ]

I pressed it, though, and i've been using it as a bookmark.
I'm trying to grow some red geraniums, currently, but. ...I think i'd like to grow a lot of things here. Don't know how long I'll be stuck in this world, but. So long as I'm here, I'll protect it.

[His eyes will light up as he's offered the olive, taking it and giving a "thank you" with a smile as he pops it in his mouth]

Mm! Saves a lot on bus fare.

[That is the TRUE value of teleportation okay. No buses]

Ah- yeah, sorry about that. I'm still working on conjuring proper roots. [Creating life is difficult okay.] Red Geraniums though huh? Those sound like they'd be pretty! Got a particular reason for those?

[Mikleo makes a noise of agreement. Buses are pretty terrible.]

Red geraniums! I'm sure they're lovely. I bet they smell good, too.

[Oh, right-- he still needs to be shown the silphium, but that can wait a minute.]

[ He's going to look thoughtful for a moment as he's asked that question. A small smile on his face as a touch of pink rises in his cheeks. A hand moving to the back of his head, scratching his neck as he starts to move over towards the back of the cottage, where most of the flowers are currently growing.

The Silphium plants might be here, he's not sure, but he will gesture for the other two to follow, in any case. As he tries to figure out how to answer Jun's question without getting too embarrassed. ]

When we first met, I told you, Jun, that I lived in a place that's all desert, right.
Noman's land, a place where things like flora can't exist without a lot of work being put in. [ he didnt lie about that, but. ] That's only half the truth.
Truth is, I was born in space. On a spaceship looking for a planet to set down roots, a place to call home, after leaving Earth behind.

The woman who adopted me. My mom. Always told me her dream was to find a planet she could fill with things like flowers.
She used to grow red geraniums in little bio-pods, on the ship.

...So, I'm growing these for her.

[Jun listens to the story, his full attention. It certainly fills a few holes on the story- why humans would be on another planet, and why Vash seemed familiar with flowers even though he said most Noman's folks didn't know what flowers were. They said people born in this world were souls of world since gone, so maybe that was part of what happened to Vash's Earth. Who could say?]

So that's how it is...

[ Vash's mother...he doesn't overlook the use of the past tense. Still, parents matter a lot to people. ]

...I'm sure your mom would appreciate it. And I know Persephone, the one who made this garden, was a mother herself. So I've no doubt the power she left here would bless a son's loving act and help them bloom.

[Sensing a story (and Vash's own bashfulness), Mikleo follows him to the back of the house. He's not sure what he expected, really, but he's surprised to hear that Vash was born in space. Wow. He can't imagine what that's like, being as connected to nature as he's always been...

Now the red geraniums make so much sense. Mikleo feels something in his heart tighten, but he's also very determined to help Vash with this dream if he wants to make a reality.]

Jun's right. If they could thrive anywhere, it would be here. [He smiles gently.] They're so beautiful. Why not plant more of them in the front, too?

[ when youve lived as long as vash and have had as many people try to kill you as he has, you're a little more guarded with telling the full truth to people. But he's getting that same feeling from Jun and Mikleo that he did from others in his life--that these were people he could actually trust. People he didn't have to be so guarded against, so.

A little at a time, he feels he can open up. He moves to crouch near the blooms of flowers--both the geraniums that were only just starting to bud, as well as some strange looking daisy? sunflower? plant that he can't quite put the name on. Turning his head to smile a little up at his new friends. ]

A mother made this garden, too, huh. Well, no wonder things grow so well, here.

Once I have it figured out, I'll probably spread the flowers out a bit more. I didn't want to spread the seed all over only to make a mess. I'm still learning, yanno?

[ he gives a laugh, scratching the back of his head. ]

That aside, uhm. Ah, well.

...

What was that plant you were looking for? [ he sure does feel embarrassed talking about rem like that, now. oops. ]

Ha, that's understandable. One step at a time when you're learning.

[Jun will walk away from Vash, returning to the spot he was weeding before. He still had plenty of work to get through, but he didn't mind. He's going to let Mikleo and Vash work on figuring out what that plant was. Mikleo was the expert with the older things, after all.]

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