I studied and practiced medicine and healing on my world, among other things. Plants were another. Botanical engineering was a bit of a specialty of mine.

[His tone is more than a little prideful. He clearly knows what he's good at, and isn't afraid to acknowledge it.

A shake of his head.] My people are particularly sensitive to the life force in all living things-- like these flowers. Able to manipulate it. And so this... [He says, plucking out another bloom and grimacing when it dissolves like the others.] ...This is unusual.