[For a brief moment he wondered if these other plants would somehow knock him out, just like those blasted mushrooms that liked to hang out in the forests of the various planets he had travelled to in his time, but he let himself relax when the woman arrived. The way the flowers seemed to listen to her appeared oddly respectful....interesting.]

He was doing that thing kids do sometimes, [Cliff explained levelly, addressing the woman after she had somehow recalled the tangled mess of vines. 'Tangles' really was a fitting name for that gigantic thing.] You know, how they reach up and grab everything on the table when they're bored at a party and they want whats on the table but they don't want to be seen while they're doing it?

[The big man certainly knew exactly how that worked-- he had done things like that himself when he was still no higher than the tables as a kid.

He shrugged, nonchalant.]

He wasn't a bother for me, but some folks are probably gonna steer clear of this part of the table for a while 'cause of your friend.