Though in his youth he'd done all he could to appease his mother and more, he was not so naïve to believe that her sudden request for him to visit was without ulterior motives, even if it was to the garden where he'd spent much of his youth studying plants. He was not usually called to do bidding for her business, but when he was it was because she couldn't manage it herself. However, snargaluffs did not seem like the type of thing her mother would need help with. Hm.
"I assume you have something you need to discuss with me?" he began, rather than letting her wallow on about whatever until she reached the point, "or are these snargaluffs bred to be particularly difficult for one person to handle?"
"I assume you have something you need to discuss with me?" he began, rather than letting her wallow on about whatever until she reached the point, "or are these snargaluffs bred to be particularly difficult for one person to handle?"