Oh. We have helped men to grow their crops before. We have special seeds that can grow in a night from seed to crop. [Even though it is clearly awful that this brother is dead, Mithiel is relieved to finally find some common ground. Even if it is with someone she will never meet.]

Oh we have serpents as well. Some in the sea and rivers, some on land. Many beneath the ground in the deepest places of the earth. Or so they say. As you can imagine I have no gone tunnelling miles beneath the ground.