"Those are oleander flowers", Val said.

"So beautiful", Adrien whispered, touching another flower. Then he turned to Val: "Can I bring them back?".

"You may, but -- ah -- be careful. They're poisonous".

"Poisonous!?", Adrien gasped, pulling his hand away from the flowers as if they had scalded him.

"Only if you eat them", Val added, soothing. "You can touch them; it's alright".

"Ah -- I -- I see", Adrien said, standing a bit further away from the plant than he had been.