"Isn't that a strength of yours then, too? Who knows, but it seems like if he's the most long-lived, successful indication of a health kingdom, maybe that's part of it. He was raised outside of it, so he knew about other problems and ways of living that weren't just of the world that tree-birthed him."

Which is convenient, he thought, while also weird to him, but convenient in its weirdness.

He paused, blinking.

"Wait, if everyone's a tree baby, then does it even matter what sexes the parents are?"

He has veered wildly left, we apologise.