It truly was. The technology was new and wonderful to me so I didn't... necessarily question it at first. But it was strange to know that with the technology that let me pretend my interference wouldn't necessarily matter. Whereas-- real flowers are often very much a reflection of the work one puts in to tending them.

[backtracking, explaining that hesitation]

Or anything real, I suppose. But forgive me, this is a heavy topic for a first introduction. My name is Linneus.