Ichinose's comment made him pause for a bit, tilting his head just a little in question at her observation. Did people truly not hear her out often-? That sounds...painful. Having no one to confide your feelings in- is that why she always got caught off guard?

"A little bit of all," he admitted as he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "I don't know actual coding but I used cognitive pscience to sort of fill in the gaps. It can read the water level in the soil- pinpointing whether its thirsty or not. All elements depend on the plant inside the pot."

"That said...there's a bit of a problem with it," he shook his head and closed his eyes in defeat. "It's not accurate all the time and I didn't really get the time to fix all the intricacies in time. I couldn't delay your gift any later than this after all."