"Oh, I— No," Peter hastily manages with a shake of his head. "I can talk to animals, but like, I just got that power today. From the vending machine thing down in the bunker. I actually didn't mean to get that one, but the machine screwed up."

He glances back up through the branches. The squirrel is still there, eyeing them with mild interest as she stuffs the last of the blueberries into her mouth. "She's the first animal I've talked to," he adds, glancing back to Alec. "By green, you mean plants?"