Too much for you at once? I can get that. After all it's a lot to take in unless you've lived it. [Truly you can't just imagine a proper, rotting dead bat. You have to be there.

Thankfully her question gets him to drop the topic of bats. He scoots his way around the fire now so he can see how the meat is doing.]

Eh, flowers are fine. [Not that he sounds particularly enthusiastic, especially compared to before.] And bread baking. Clean clothes. Yep, they're all smells. Nice smells. Neat.