[Truly, Alhaitham's natural knack for existing on the wrong side of human normality must almost seem intentional with how he is a constant vexation to the people around him. Unfortunately, he's just like this.

His shoulder shrugs as his sign of agreement to drop the mint plant topic. For now. But if they find seeds or living mint plants he is absolutely obligating Kaveh to this experiment.

Kaveh immediately follows up with a challenge to take the next debate, and Alhaitham's lips curl into the faint impression of a smile.]

Fine. [He holds up a finger.] Since you would already give up over onions, there's no point going down.

[So they go up. Cheese, art, comfort, books (Alhaitham insists he won't give up over those), socializing, what starts as a scale turns into a mental scatter plot of points trying to identify the area in which living becomes not even worth surviving.

Somehow it gets around to desserts.] Is this your way of confessing to a sugar addiction too?

[Which he punctuates with a huff, but he does lean off the counter to open a different cabinet for plates and cutlery.] In that case, is life worth living without alcohol?