Then, thank you for tellin' me 'bout your herd. If that stuff's secret, then I don't wanna drill you t'learn more... but I'd like to.

[Vinnie's mustered a smile, though it was a bittersweet one.] Been a long time since I've met anyone with as much tradition as your kind. Most Bulbasaurs today're born outside the forest. They never end up knowin' our Gardens.

Focus on bein' strong enough to carry yourself, first. As strong as a tree gets, the strength've a forest is always in its numbers.