Mateo's chapped lips part to bring that up - the part where plants grow and die all the time, especially in the desert - but his father beats him to the punch and he gives a slow tilt of his head, before nodding. "Huh," he says helpfully, skipping a couple of steps to fall in beside Remi and offering a bright smile up at him. "Do you think perhaps it is an invasive species that shouldn't be here?" he asks.
Squinting into the hard packed earth, Mateo blows one of his curls out of his face and shakes his head. "It would be good if we could see some that are growing..." He remarks, not that he can see any around. But perhaps there is a snarl of something in the distance, and the boy would set off after it if it wouldn't exhaust him. "Over there," he says instead, nodding at what he's seen.
Squinting into the hard packed earth, Mateo blows one of his curls out of his face and shakes his head. "It would be good if we could see some that are growing..." He remarks, not that he can see any around. But perhaps there is a snarl of something in the distance, and the boy would set off after it if it wouldn't exhaust him. "Over there," he says instead, nodding at what he's seen.
