[At first, Pinoko was confused. Plants? What an odd thing to say!

But, she stopped for a moment to think about what it meant (a metaphor?). When she thought of what grew in gardens, she understood. Plants drawn tightly together out of necessity, each having no choice but to to trap and squeeze the life from the other, for the sake of survival.]

Pinoko thinksh she's the only one who's ever been a burden.

Doc doesn't need anyone, not really.

Pinoko tries to be as useful as she can be to Doc, but... no matter how good a cook or how shkilled a nurse Pinoko is... Pinoko shtill depends on Doc in sho many ways.