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"It's a staple-scent used in making perfume, if I'm not mistaken."

Important, to be able to recognize the scent of a lingering perfume.

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"It must be a pretty smell, then."

Roses, lavender, jasmine... it will be a fragrant garden. A is too sheltered to think about the bees it might attract, or the butterflies.

"It will make it very nice to rest here, with the sweet-smelling flowers." Despite the appetite he'd worked up, A's real hunger is to see the plants in the ground. "Is it time to start?"

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Kusuriyuri smiles. "You may begin with the side that is cleared. I will finish clearing, then." He turns to L. "Thank you for breakfast. Did you wish to join us?" he asks, thinking that L might enjoy planting with A.

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"I'll help, yes, if you'll show me how to clear. We can finish quicker, and A can do all the planting he likes."

He rises to his feet, dusting toast crumbs off his hands.

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"First we should plant your peas," A says softly, touching L's hand. "You've helped me so much, and they're your peas."

The jasmine isn't here yet, or that would be second. And everything else, he would contentedly plant on his own, but he wants to plant the peas with L.

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Kusuriyuri rises and picks up the shovel he'd been using to clear again. After a brief show that he would not feed them anymore, the kittens began playing in the dirt he moved, Schrodinger chasing Einstein and pouncing on him until Einstein swatted her and stalked over to a soft mound of dirt and flopped with great dignity, in the manner of all scornful kittens.

Schrodinger hissed at him a moment and was soon distracted by a large beetle.

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L watches their antics, with a smile, then picks up A's discarded shovel, to join (and mimic) Kusuriyuri while he works.

"What plant will you start with, A?"

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"Peas first, because they're yours. Then... the rest of the seeds, I suppose. Catnip, calendula, lavender. After that, the violets, then the roses, and the pear tree last. And by the time the morning glory seeds are ready, the jasmine might be here."

He looks from L to Kururiyuri and back a little anxiously. "Does that sound right?"

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"That is good," Kusuriyuri murmurs. He is pleased L has joined him in finishing the clearing. By himself, it would take to noon to finish, but he knows A's attention would not be fully on clearing even if he were asked to help. A would help, he knew, if asked, but Kusuriyuri wanted to respect A's decisions, as well, when possible.

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L does not have tremendous arm strength, but he works efficiently and with determination that most people just don't have, so he makes up for it.

"Have you told Kusuriyuri about the varieties of the plants we have? I hope Sherbet Fizz calendula has the same properties as the other kinds."

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"I hope so. That was why I chose it. The Sherbet Fizz variety was just to look better with the other plants." He holds up the seed packet to show Kusuriyuri the picture.

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Kusuriyuri thinks a moment. "If it was bred for looks with only other calendula, then it should be fine. I can teach you to test it when they are ready. If it was mixed with another plant, then it will need to be tested first, though, it will depend on what it was mixed with if will be safe. If it is a mix, I will test it first."

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"It would be moderately easy to research the history of it, and see if it is mixed, as you say."

Plant growers usually have good records.

"We could ask when we return for the jasmine."

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"The catnip will have blue blossoms, and the lavender was bred for a strong scent," A says. "I don't have the seed packets for the morning glory, but some will be light blue and some will be deep violet. And the roses are both strong-scented as well, one bush will have dark purple flowers and the other will have red and white flowers."

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Kusuriyuri smiles at A's list. He turns to L and murmurs, "It is good to see him happy. Thank you for supporting him in this."

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"There isn't much I wouldn't do," L returns, digging his shovel in to a stubborn patch of ground by resting his foot on the lip and putting his weight into it.

"Where will the roses go?"

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"I was thinking..." A walks over to point out two opposite points on the garden's perimeter, "here, and here. There were so many kinds of roses, maybe someday we can add more of the different types."

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Kusuriyuri rests on his shovel a moment. "A garden grows, not just because the plants grow, but also because more is added to it and because it is loved." As such, this should be a rather impressive garden in short order. "A's garden will become what A wishes," he adds, going back to clearing.

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"Your friends in the flower shop would probably be glad to help," L observes. "Even if Jonathan would be obliged to carry things."

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"I don't have any money to buy my own plants with," A says, embarrassed. "I don't think they like me that much."

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Kusuriyuri continues working. "When one is deshi, he is the responsibility of his sensei. It is done that the deshi's expenses are the sensei's and the deshi does work for the sensei. It is how skills are learned, after all."

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"Besides, if we are all allowed the pleasure of the garden you will tend, the least we can do is make it possible for you to create it, to begin with. If you need anything..."

L is there for him. (And L spontaneously has building created- he can afford a few roses.)

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"And if you are to enjoy it, it must have things you will like," A says triumphantly. "So you must tell me more plants you would like to see growing."

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