The tree chuckled at the somewhat heated exchange,  "Sin, you're too harsh! Give the boy a break.  He made the right decision, in my opinion.  He seems like he'd make a terrible leader to his people." Valspan drew the surprised gaze of the guards as this was the first time he'd spoken in their presence.<br/><br/>"Cowards make terrible leaders. Liars too,  and since he's both,  I think it was by far the best choice for him to abdicate.  In fact, you're sort of the bad guy here for bringing him home, even by accident." The plants words were spoken with a cheery,  detached assessment,  as if he didn't actually care about the morality of the situation, which he didn't.  He was just making idle conversation as he licked his four sets of lips in anticipation of all the meaty shark women he could soon have in his viney grasp.