"Last time I checked, there weren't many of those growing in the road, but sure," I reply with a worried pinch of my brow. I can't tell if this guy is a little out of it, or just weirdly obsessed with his botanic containment mission.

"Come on, alley-oop," I add, up on my feet and helping him to get back onto his own. "Hopefully we'll get a few tests done and you can get back to what you were doing sooner rather than later."