He could still help it when it was asleep, but now that it was awake and he hadn't communicated with it yet, he didn't input his plant energy as it might just offend the cactus.
Luciel knew that mutant plants that weren't willing to follow others would dislike the plant energy of others. Such a gesture would be seen as coercion by those mutant plants.
They traveled all day just like before, and in the evening, they stopped at a farm that didn't have anything on it.
After their dinner, Luciel entered their RV and started channeling a bit of his plant energy onto the surface of the cactus.
"Hello," Luciel said.
[Hello, human. Thank you for taking care of me.]
The voice of the cactus sounded like that of a young teen, unlike the voice of Mr. Acacia.
"You're finally willing to talk now. What's your name?"
[I don't have one. Can you list some names for me? I'll choose one.]
