Yes? Yes, of course. He supposes that was a silly question. Sometimes you have to ask those, just in case the answer isn't what you expect.

He expected this one. Lemm is as slow as before to decide what to say, and it's as lightly observational as ever.

"And you tried... more than once. For Great Knight Ze'mer and her flowers."

It hurts to die and they kept at such a task regardless. Telling them they shouldn't have done it would be pointless and diminishing. Just because he would have quit while he was ahead doesn't mean a thing.

There's more he can glean from this, even if he is wary of how quiet they are.

"There are... Shades left all over the Gardens, then?" No, go back further, everything they've told him of their impossible history. "Over Hallownest? I've never seen one."