This one probably needs a bit of explanation, so bear with me.
I was playing an old game called Brigandine, and sent one of my men out on a quest. This translates as 'go out there and find something, I don't have any better use for you right now'. This guy found a dark cave, and inside... a hydra! But it didn't attack, instead it "gave him such a sad look that he decided to take it home." So here we have a hydra trying to give virmir the puppy-dog eyes routine!
Virmir doesn't think that undying friendship is worth it. Trees, it has three hungry mouths to feed!