"I've just... no one would teach me anything else, back home. I didn't have time for it, anyhow. It's a lot of work, growing a garden well enough to feed even a small castle, and one very hungry dragon. I took care of all the gardens, too - and the topiaries!" He swells with something like pride, finding another little patch of mushrooms under some leaves as he speaks.

"I would have to say, though, that the vegetables are my favorite." Because of course she was asking what plants interested him. It didn't occur to him to think otherwise. "So useful! And friendly."