[With thorns and they just might zap you of your strength... If you'd done so accidentally, he wouldn't have been so angry...]

Humans get crushed all the time too, by oppressive governments, tyrannical dictators! Thousands of people die from hunger and poverty. Everyone dies anyway! Does that mean it's alright to kill the weak and defenseless?

[He scoops up the remains of the poor flower tenderly, the vines have grown thorns and continue to surround their defender protectively.]