"Not today. Belova and I torched the only batch I've seen so far," he admits. He's just being cautious, really. Paranoid, even. But these are some of his least favorite things, and also one of the easiest to do something about. "Salted the ground there, too."

He might have a couple little baggies of salt in some of his pockets, and surreptitiously sprinkles them anywhere he thinks might grow sheep-plants.