"Probably not. There are other people on the train who are vegetarians, and the train does provide a lot of nutritious food choices that are not meat."

Nobody should have to eat things that would be against their values to consume!

"Ah, I see. The silkplants like to grow up high, and they like a solid foundation for their roots. We might be able to build a structure that is something like a tree, or maybe the silkplant could adapt to growing in a bed of soil."

He takes another sip of tea. "What's your world like, Merwen?"