Had Dacian said the bit about the plants, it would have cause Tristan to break into another fit of hysterical laughter. That was far cooler than anything he had ever seen done before. Pranks with magic would be oh so cool.
But since that wasn't mentioned his brain started to slip into scientist mode, it had been so long since he actually used his brain, hard anything that made him think, well other than deciding if he wanted to be a parent or not. So he came up with about a million more question. He stopped himself before he started though, cause he knew if he started he would never stop.
"That sounds interesting," he said simply instead.