"We are a varied and gifted race of people, our roots tracing back to some important guy who did some important things way back in the day. It's a very deep and meaningful culture that we all embrace wholeheartedly," he assured her with mock seriousness. "Mostly we just do a bunch of hippie, Mother Naturey bullshit and pretend we're deep." It might've been a slightly offensive way of putting it, but it was a fairly accurate description so far as Emerson was concerned.
"Were I not quite positive that you have nothing infectious, I might be offended." He smiled, however, sticking his own fork into her container to retrieve some of her chicken. "However, I believe very firmly in sharing being caring. Unless it involves aforementioned infectious diseases."