"I suppose herbs tend to be hardy." Hershel agreed as he watched Heiji work with the foil, trying to help by doing the same. He managed, thankfully this wasn't a cooking step that was easy as hell.

He paused a moment before speaking a bit hesitantly. "I spoke to him too, I asked about Akiko." Not that I've done this thread yet whoops... shhh. "Not that anything came of it, I didn't really expect it to."