It's the nature of plants to live and die, there's no shame in it. It's a beautiful thing.

[His smile doesn't falter in the slightest, indeed recognizing the comment for what it is. And some people have perennials, that's okay too.]

I'm happy to take anything you've got. Trying to build up a garden myself, I just need something to start with.

[He needs dead things to grow, that's kind of his thing.]