She nods, taking Patiri's hand and leading her towards Ita and the Erandur alt. 

"Oh yeah? Nice to meet you, Ita." He continues showing her what he's doing with the plants. By the time Sefoni and Patiri reach them, they've moved a few meters down the path from where they were, and he's answering a question about a vine winding up the tree he's poking at, "They are symbiotic, yeah. The vine uses the tree to reach sunlight, and when it..." he trails off when he notices Patiri and Sefoni, "Are you who she was asking me to wait for?"

"It was!"

"Hello, Patiri Kered. I am heading an alternative education and took the kids to a city trip. I am not sure you heard about it?"

"I... did, actually. The staff is notified of all field trips." He looks down at Ita, then back to Patiri, "I guess you're with the Deosikuri school? Do you need help with something?" 

"Not specifically, but the girls thought they recognized you, except he wasn't a Green like you."

"He did give us some plants and was really nice."

"That's... nice? I don't think I've met either of you," he tells them. "I did some acting on the side when I was younger, which could account for my hair being another colour, but that was over a year ago." He glances up at Patiri, "I don't think I've ever been a guest speaker at your school, either." 

"Girls could go back to the group for a moment?"

She shares a look with Ita. Then she nods at Ms. Patiri, and runs off - deciding to keep an eye out for the blue triplets or Mika or Tepam as she goes. 

"Sorry for that. It's a security thing, not something to be too worried about in normal circumstances. But, Janon Jonoro's grandchildren do go to the same school."

One of the blue triplets, Ovali and Ita's brother can be spotted trying to climb a tree. The girls can see them from this angle, but they are hidden from view by most people at the park.

Sefoni frowns at them, distracted from their original purpose.

"Hey, um... They said we weren't supposed to touch the plants..." she says. "You might hurt them." 

Mika peeks out of the foliage at her from about fifteen feet up, "We're only climbing the trees, they should be fine," he insists. Climbing is what trees are for, in his humble opinion.

"And more importantly, I reached the canopy first."

"No, even more important is that I am higher."

Mika giggles at them, "You'd be even higher if you'd stop arguing and climb." 

"Yes, but Teo doesn't want to admit he lost."

"The bet was someone to first climb the tree, and Teo did that." Parik smiles at Teo, but the later ignores him.