Because when she was awake, she would say things like, “If you had read the Odes of Merch like you were supposed to, you would have known that Mount Doomish was the birthplace of Evil.”

And, “Rose has big shoes to fill — mine.”

And, “I like mustard with my grilled wiener bun sandwich.”

Which had compelled him to go fetch some, since although they had literally every other condiment that any sane person could want on a grilled wiener in a bun sandwich, somehow mustard had been left out.